Biodiversity Media Alliance

Linking Journalism with the Web of Life

The Biodiversity Media Alliance aims to boost the quantity and quality of media coverage of biodiversity issues.

WHAT IS THIS WEBSITE?

IIED, IUCN and Internews created this site to build bridges between journalists and their sources. To learn more about how to use the site, and suggest any ways to improve it, please read and comment on the introductory blog post.
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TRY OUT THE EARTH JOURNALISM TOOLKIT

The online toolkit includes 50 topic pages about specific environmental issues including many related to biodiversity. Each includes background information, reporting tips, case studies and examples of good coverage. The toolkit also has pages on key reporting skills, a glossary and links to other resources. Click here to visit the toolkit.

Biodiversity in the news

25 years for rhino poachers

Climate change drying out forests in western Canada

Task force to bring Sunderbans in world tourism map

Atlantic Sturgeon Declared an Endangered Species

Search for black squirrels begins

Events

Biodiversity Links

Animalsandearth.com

BioFresh - Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme

Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)

BIOECON - BIOdiversity and Economics for CONservation

Montreal's Space for Life

CMS - Convention on Migratory Species - Convention sur Espèces Migratrices - Convenio sobre Especies Migratorias

British Trust for Ornithology

Cambridge Conservation Forum

Tropical Biology Association

 

Blog Posts

Emma Weitkamp

Financial gain drives industrial ecology projects

Posted by Emma Weitkamp on January 26, 2012 at 11:29am

Emma Weitkamp

Up to 84% of species in grasslands provide essential services, highlighting the importance of biodiversity. New research shows for the first time that almost every species (both common and rare) in…

Posted by Emma Weitkamp on January 26, 2012 at 11:23am

Rannveig Nilsen

Living Planet: Connected Planet – Preventing the End of the World’s Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks

Posted by Rannveig Nilsen on January 25, 2012 at 4:04pm

Mike Shanahan

Golden green grunge for rare red orangutans

Posted by Mike Shanahan on January 25, 2012 at 12:50pm

ARMSTRONG-OGBONNA,AUGUSTINA

A GRADUAL EXTINCTION OF THE OKUN ALFA COMMUNITY

Posted by ARMSTRONG-OGBONNA,AUGUSTINA on January 22, 2012 at 6:04pm

Danielle Nierenberg

Going Green in 2012: 12 Steps for the Developing World

Posted by Danielle Nierenberg on January 19, 2012 at 6:07pm

Mike Shanahan

Millions of long lost logs and a single special tree

Posted by Mike Shanahan on January 19, 2012 at 3:12pm

Mike Shanahan

Game reveals complex links between poverty and threats to apes

Posted by Mike Shanahan on January 19, 2012 at 3:10pm

ARMSTRONG-OGBONNA,AUGUSTINA

NIGERIA POST-EVALUATION MEETING OF THE COP 17 DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted by ARMSTRONG-OGBONNA,AUGUSTINA on January 17, 2012 at 12:33pm

Mike Shanahan

Time for faith in our environment

Posted by Mike Shanahan on January 3, 2012 at 12:55pm

Danielle Nierenberg

Going Green: 12 Simple Steps for 2012

Posted by Danielle Nierenberg on December 28, 2011 at 8:46pm

Michael Bear

Get a Room! Squid Mating in La Jolla

Posted by Michael Bear on December 28, 2011 at 12:31am

Michael Bear

Rebecca Ziegler: 'Grey Whale at Shaw's Cove in Laguna Beach'

Posted by Michael Bear on December 28, 2011 at 12:26am

Michael Bear

Jan/Feb. 2012 Issue of California Diver Magazine: John Chatterton Interview

Posted by Michael Bear on December 28, 2011 at 12:00am

shailesh K Dodia

Changing in crop pattern is main reason for decrease of economy growth of the country

Posted by shailesh K Dodia on December 15, 2011 at 11:58am

Members

  • Jone Tuiipelehaki Raqauqau
  • Kay Montgomery
  • Mike Shanahan
  • Angela Mae Minas
  • KM Britton
  • Dharman Wickremaretne
  • India Bourke
  • Wassaaka
  • Steve Zwick
  • Joy Hayward
  • John Donaldson
  • Emma Weitkamp
  • Michael Bear
  • Jackie Marks
  • Rannveig Nilsen
  • Neeraj Khera
  • Charlie Parker
  • Rebecca Hancock

Groups

ABOUT THE BIODIVERSITY MEDIA ALLIANCE

The Biodiversity Media Alliance is a collaboration between IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature), the International Institute for Environment and Development, and Internews.
 
 
 

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Linking Tourism and Conservation survey We are pleased to announce a new UNEP/GRID-Arendal Linking Tourism and Conservation survey. This survey is aimed at collecting information on existing global Sustainable Tourism initiatives…
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal has produced a report on migratory species:  Living Planet: Connected Planet – Preventing the End of the World’s Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks Through the air, over land and in water, over ten…
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Living Planet: Connected Planet – Preventing the End of the World’s Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks

UNEP/GRID-Arendal has produced a report on migratory species.Through the air, over land and in water, over ten thousand species numbering millions of animals travel around the world in a network of migratory pathways. The very foundation of these migratory species is their connection to places and corridors across the planet. The loss of a single point in their migration can jeopardize the entire population, while their concentrations make them highly vulnerable to overharvesting and…See More
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