THRDC, in collaboration with the Media Aid for Indigenous and Pastoralist Community (MAIPAC), coordinated a two-day training for environmental journalists  that starts from tin the Central Zone  (Dodoma) of Tanzania. The training aims to strengthen journalists’ legal awareness, professional capacity, safety and access to protection mechanisms, enabling them to report environmental issues effectively, responsibly and safely.

The training is conducted under the UNESCO-supported project, “Empowering Environmental Journalists in Tanzania for Sustainable Impact,” which seeks to strengthen the capacity of environmental journalists to contribute to environmental accountability, public awareness, human rights protection and sustainable environmental governance.

The two-day training provides a practical learning platform for journalists to explore the legal, professional and security challenges associated with environmental reporting. It focuses on issues frequently encountered by environmental journalists, including land and natural resource governance, mining, wildlife conservation, climate change, environmental degradation and conflicts affecting local communities.

Through this training, THRDC and MAIPAC seek to strengthen a network of informed, skilled and protected environmental journalists in the Central Zone, supporting them to produce credible, evidence-based reporting that contributes to environmental justice, public accountability, human rights protection and sustainable development in Tanzania.

THRDC 22th September 2026

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