KATHMANDU, March 28: Eight environment journalists from Nepal, India and Bangladesh will be part of an expedition to the Everest region to attend a climate change boot camp titled Himalayan Climate Boot CAMP 2022 that will enable nuanced science reporting from the tough and underreported terrain. The boot camp to be held from 20 to 28 April, 2022 is being funded by the Spark Grant Initiative of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ).
The eight journalists includes Balika Maden, Gobinda Prasad Pokharel, Marissa Taylor and Saugat Bolakhe from Nepal, Arathi Menon and Raihana Maqbool from India; and Sohara Mehroze Shachi and Zakir Hossain Chowdhury from Bangladesh. They will get a first hand view of climate change and its impacts on the Everest region settlements around Lukla, Monjo, Khumjung, Namche and Phakding.
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The journalists, four from Nepal and two each from India and Bangladesh, were chosen through a competitive call for application by the Nepal Forum of Science Journalists (NFSJ).
At the week-long intensive boot camp, the journalists will get a chance to talk about common issues around climate change facing Asia and potentially forge reporting collaborations.
