Events: Fishing for Families: Reporting on Population, Environment, and Food Security in the Philippines (28 Jan 2013)

Events

Fishing for Families: Reporting on Population, Environment, and Food Security in the Philippines

January 28, 2013 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm

Webcast

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There will be a live webcast of this event.

• Event Speakers

Rapid population growth and overfishing in the Philippines have led to rising food insecurity across the country, which now imports more rice than any other nation.

In the PBS NewsHour/Marketplace co-production “Food for Nine Billion: Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines,” reporter Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions visits the Philippines’ Danajon double barrier reef to document efforts to increase food security by protecting marine biodiversity and providing family planning to the communities that depend on fish for their survival. Eco-Business Assistant Editor Imelda Abano, president of the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists and board member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, will discuss the challenges of reporting on the interconnections between environment, health, and food security in her country.

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation. Media guests, including TV crews, are welcome and should RSVP directly tokatharine.diamond@wilsoncenter.org.*

Want to attend but can’t? You can join the conversation on Twitter by following@NewSecurityBeat and find related coverage on our blog at NewSecurityBeat.org.

Related Content:

• ‘Marketplace’ and ‘NewsHour’ Highlight Population, Health, and Environment Program in the Philippines
• Imelda Abano on Environmental Reporting in the Philippines
• Philippines’ Bohol Island Demonstrates Benefits of Integrated Conservation and Health Development

*Media bringing heavy electronic equipment – such as video cameras – MUST indicate this in their response, so they may be cleared through our building security and allowed entrance. Failure to indicate your intention to bring video cameras 24 hours before the event may result in being denied access to the Wilson Center building, please err toward responding if you would like to attend.

DIRECTIONS TO THE WILSON CENTER

 

Event Speakers List: 

• Sam Eaton //
  Homelands Productions

• Imelda Abano //
  Assistant Editor, Eco-Business

For more information: 
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/fishing-for-families-reporting-population-environment-and-food-security-the-philippines