Media Fellowships

Opportunities for journalists to report on the most pressing environmental and development problems in the Indus basin.

Background

Stretching over 1 million square kilometers, the Indus basin supports more than 300 million people in Pakistan, India, China and Afghanistan.

Amidst rapid environmental, economic and social change, competition for scarce resources is growing and disaster risk is increasing.

The need for a more informed basin community able to respond effectively to these challenges has never been greater. At present media coverage is limited, and largely focused on political events or natural disasters. Underlying trends and structural changes go largely unreported..............Read more

Source: IWMI