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Advocacy / Lobbying

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One of the components of the advocacy/lobbying activities is an interactive meeting among decision-makers held both at the central and district levels. Hence politicians and decision and policy-makers are the natural targets.

What is well known is NEFEJ brings together people in the government and parliament as well as in bureaucracy in front of journalists. The motive is to ensure a debate among the three species, which together decide the fate of the nation. These interactions help parliamentarians to understand issues involved which ultimately helps them raise them in parliament. Similar gatherings are held at the district level where local political leaders and decision-makers get an opportunity to put forth their point of view in front of journalists and experts. These efforts have been successful in publicizing the often- neglected issues at the political level, thus forcing them to become more responsible in the conservation area.

Subsequently, NEFEJ has formed various watch groups to study and monitor happenings in specific fields. Wildlife Watch Group, Pesticides Watch, Public Health Watch, Tourism Watch and Urban Environment Watch are informal groupings of journalists who are bound together by their common interests. With very few journalists specializing in specific subjects, these groups help individual journalist to develop expertise in his / her field of interest. The organization has begun to publish Citizen's Report on the state of environment with special emphasis on specific subjects.

News from NEFEJ

  • 21.10.11
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    Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) expresses serious concern on the government initiation to allow privately-owned elephants inside the Chitwan National Park for business purposes.

    Nepal’s first national park - Chitwan National Park - is famous for biodiversity conservation and has been listed as the World Heritage Site. The park is known world over as home to Asian Rhinoceros and Royal Bengal Tiger.
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  • 16.10.11
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    The 26th Annual General Meeting of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ), held on 14 October, has unanimously elected a 13-member executive committee with Laxman Upreti as its president. Upreti was elected for the second term.

    The newly-elected office-bearers include Kedar Sharma as vice president, Rajesh Ghimire as general secretary, Rajendra Basnet as secretary and Abdullah Miya as treasurer.

    Narayan Sapkota, Purna Hari Amatya, Suresh Sharma, Rajendra Manandhar, Sangita Lama and Pragati Shahi were elected from the members while Shailendra Pokhrel and Bhumi Raman Nepal were elected as members from the organization’s associate members.
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  • 16.10.11
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    Pramod Tandon, a young and upcoming environmental journalist, received the Environmental Journalism Award 2010, established by NEFEJ, for his continuous effort in sensitizing the issues of environmental conservation and sustainable development in Rajdhani daily.
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  • 05.08.11
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    Government of Nepal, Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) and Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) have signed the Memorandum of Understading (MoU) on August 1, 2011 to work in collaboration for environment conservation and promotion, sustainable development, and climate change management. MoU was signed in the office of Ministry of Environment.

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