Eight journalists from eight different countries are attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress being held in Jeju, Korea in early September, 2012 as part of an EJN Fellowship program. A description of each of the Fellows can be found here.

 This program is aimed at working with journalists who cover agriculture and want to learn about and boost their coverage of agro-ecology and food sovereignty issues. The program is led by Jeff Rutherford, a journalism trainer who runs a farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand that seeks to operate sustainable practices. Rutherford has also written a media guide on agro-ecology issues that will be distributed to EJN journalists worldwide.

Over the seven days of the fellowship program, the participating journalists will attend the Congress, participate in capacity-building activities focused on agro-ecological themes, have contact with high-level members of civil society and academic organizations, and participate in a field trip. Their stories will be posted at http://earthjournalism.net/program/iucn-world-conservation-congress

This project is being carried out with support from the Christensen Fund.