Earth Journalism Network Ocean Story Grants 2021

Earth Journalism Network Ocean Story Grants 2021

About Earth Journalism Network Ocean Story Grants 2021

The world relies on the oceans to support the needs of our growing population, whether those needs be sustenance, economic growth, climate regulation or even the air we breathe. Yet this incredibly important but fragile resource is suffering unsustainable depletion, environmental deterioration and acidification, affecting the communities that rely on it and bringing us closer to climate catastrophe.

The targets outlined in UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: Life Below Water, aim to restore ocean resources to sustainable use, place vulnerable habitats under protection, and return the ocean’s full efficiency as a valuable carbon sink. But are we reaching these targets quickly enough to allow us to use marine resources sustainably for years to come? And how has the Covid-19 pandemic affected our progress towards these goals?

Through this reporting grant, EJN will commission stories that seek to investigate emerging and long-standing issues facing ocean conservation and sustainable use to capture the importance and urgency of the threats facing our world’s waters.

These grants are part of a larger project being carried out by EJN to try and increase and improve reporting on ocean issues. Please see our Ocean Media Initiative webpage for more information.

For more details refer :
https://earthjournalism.net/opportunities/ocean-story-grants-2021

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