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| Introduction Studying the needs of environmental media in South Eastern Europe. In the process of political, economic and social changes in South Eastern Europe since 1989 the media have been the major channel of information to the public about environmental matters and environmental questions. Such information is essential for true public participation in environmental decision-making — a crucial component in the process of strengthening democracy and building up civil society. As part of its work to assist in solving environmental problems, and developing democracy and civil society, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) undertook an initiative for improving the quality of environmental media reporting in the Balkan region. With the support of the Royal Government of The Netherlands, the REC aims to develop a Regional Environmental Press Centre (REPC) — a network of resource points to provide services, information and training for environmental journalists throughout South Eastern Europe (SEE). To be able to initiate the actual development of the REPC and its services, it was essential for the REC to obtain specific knowledge on environmental reporting. For this reason the REC undertook a survey to study the difficulties that journalists face, to assess their needs and to gather suggestions for improving their work. The survey was carried out as subtask B of the 2.1 Regional Environmental Press Centre project of the Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme for South Eastern Europe (REReP). It covered Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Yugoslavia and Kosovo. This document is the final report on the survey. It presents briefly the situation regarding environmental media reporting in South Eastern Europe as a background for the project and the present research. Further, it describes the methodology of the survey, as well as the mechanism of its technical implementation. The survey results are analysed and visualised by charts. A complete listing of the survey results is available in an appendix. The conclusions drawn define the three main areas where environmental journalists feel they need assistance. In this way the three main pillars of REPC work are determined. |
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