Public Awareness and Journalists Capacity Building on Reducing the Impact of POPs
Targeted Location and Population:
The project site Tiantongyuan community is located in Beijiing with about 100,000 households.
The project will also raise public awarness in Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Guangdong, Henan, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shanxi, 10 provinces and municipalities. The total population is about tens of millions with about 500,000 households.
Problems:
The persistent organic pollutants (POPS) did an extremely negative influence on the environment, organisms and the human body. But few people know about POPs even many well-educated people.
Solutions/ planned activities:
1. Create a special websites on POPS.
2. Carry out knowledge competition activities about POPS.
3. Hold a media journalists training course to POPS.
4. Carry out outreach campain at focal community and farmers and fishermen community nationwide.
Anticipated results/ immediate outputs of this project:
1.A special websites for POPs is established for knowledge sharing and public education.
2.Public awarness on POPs is raised.
3. About 100 media journalists have the knowledge of POPs and write report on POPs.
4. about 1000 farmers and fishermen in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Guangdong, Henan, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shanxi, 11 provinces and municipalities knows about POPs.
The project site Tiantongyuan community is located in Beijiing with about 100,000 households.
The project will also raise public awarness in Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Guangdong, Henan, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shanxi, 10 provinces and municipalities. The total population is about tens of millions with about 500,000 households.
Problems:
The persistent organic pollutants (POPS) did an extremely negative influence on the environment, organisms and the human body. But few people know about POPs even many well-educated people.
Solutions/ planned activities:
1. Create a special websites on POPS.
2. Carry out knowledge competition activities about POPS.
3. Hold a media journalists training course to POPS.
4. Carry out outreach campain at focal community and farmers and fishermen community nationwide.
Anticipated results/ immediate outputs of this project:
1.A special websites for POPs is established for knowledge sharing and public education.
2.Public awarness on POPs is raised.
3. About 100 media journalists have the knowledge of POPs and write report on POPs.
4. about 1000 farmers and fishermen in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Guangdong, Henan, Chongqing, Sichuan and Shanxi, 11 provinces and municipalities knows about POPs.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
China Forum of Environmental Journalists
Country:
China
Area Of Work:
Chemicals
Grant Amount:
US$ 49,927.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 22,907.00
Project Number:
CPR/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2010/02
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Replication of project activities
2011 marks the 10 year anniversary of Chinese government signing the Stockholm Convention. The implementing NGO will take this opportunity to work with Ministry of Environmental Protection to replicate project activities for further raising public awareness.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
Raising public awareness is the major goal of this project.
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Indicators
Empowerment
Number of women participated / involved in SGP project
200000
Livehood
Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project
200000
SGP Country office contact
Ms. Meijia Lu
Phone:
+861085320743
Email:
Ms. Lixia Zheng
Email:
Address
No. 2 Liangmahe Nanlu
Beijing, Chaoyang, 100600
Beijing, Chaoyang, 100600
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