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MEDIA: Tierramerica Awarded Zayed Prize for the Environment
IPS Correspondents
- The specialised weekly news service on the environment and development, Tierramérica, was awarded the Zayed International Prize in the category of Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society, which is granted by the United Arab Emirates.
Upon announcing the prize on May 19, the organisers said that Tierramérica serves as a space for debate, drawing a wide range of social actors from Latin America and around the world.
Tierrámerica is produced by the international news agency Inter Press Service (IPS) and sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank.
It is published as a weekly insert in 20 Latin American newspapers with the aim of providing a professional, independent source of news on the environment, sustainable development, science and health.
The multimedia Tierramérica product includes selected news items broadcast by 800 radio stations in 15 Latin American countries, and a web site in Spanish, English and Portuguese (www.tierramerica.net).
The history of Tierramérica began in 1995, when it began to come out as a magazine every two months. Since 2000, the weekly print edition is published in newspapers and magazines in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,Panama, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The editorial, technological and administrative coordination of Tierramérica is based in Uruguay, and the radio and Portuguese services in Venezuela and Brazil, respectively.
The other Zayed Prize-winners were U.N. special envoy for climate change and former director general of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway, for the Zayed Prize for Global Leadership in the Environment; and Jane Lubchenco, a professor of marine biology and zoology at Oregon State University in the U.S., and Professor V. Ramanathan, a climatologist from India who is based in San Diego, California, for the Zayed Prize for Scientific/Technological Achievements.
Environment Development Action in the Third World (ENDA), a non-governmental organisation in Senegal, shared the award in the category of Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society with Tierramérica.
The Zayed Prize was established by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the ruler of Dubai. Carrying an award of one million dollars, divided between the various winners, it is considered the largest environmental prize in the world.
The aim of the award is to recognise and promote major pioneering contributions by individuals, groups or projects in the field of the environment and sustainable development, in support of global initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation for Sustainable Development
The award ceremony for the fourth edition of the prize will take place Jun. 9 in Dubai.
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