Carousal 1
Activity > Awareness & Interaction > Carousal 1
Report on One day Workshop on Climate Change Reporting
Venue: Conference Hall, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur
Date: 15th July 2023
Organiser: Media Resource Centre, Manipur jointly with Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur
A one-day Workshop on Climate Change Reporting for Media fraternity was held on Saturday, 15th July 2023 at the Conference Hall, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur with the aim to enhance the knowledge of the media fraternity in climate change reporting and understand climate facts. The workshop was a part of the monthly capacity building programme jointly organised by the Media Resource Centre, Manipur and Directorate of Environment and Climate change. Around 40 people including 13 women participants attended the programme. Editor of Sangai Express, Khogendro Khomdram, Coordinator, Media Resource Centre, Sobhapati Samom, Editor FPSJ Review Pradip Phanjoubam, Joint Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Dr T Brajakumar Singh, Media Fellow Recipients, several staffs of AIR among others took part in the workshop. The participants who could not attend the workshop in person, joined the programme online.
Coordinator, Media Resource Centre, Manipur, Sobhapati Samom gave the welcome address where he emphasized the role of media in disseminating knowledge about current issues of climate change. He requested all the participants to take the opportunity of the workshop and clear their doubts by actively involving in the interactions.
As the expert member, Dr Manichandra Sanoujam, Sr Consultant (Scientific), Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Manipur gave a detailed presentation on ‘River Systems of Manipur’ where he showed the watershed maps of the Manipur River Basin to get a clear understanding of the River Systems in Manipur. He stated that Manipur has 28 watersheds out of 3,257 watersheds in India and originates from Brahmaputra drainage. He additionally explained and showed the drainage map of Manipur River (middle), Barak River (left), Yu (Eastern) and Chindwin which lie in the Jessami side (Ukhrul district) which are the sub catchments of the Manipur River Basin. In his slide, he mentioned the importance of studying the slope, longitudinal profile, elevation and area of river in learning the watercourse system of a river. He recommended using the Google Earth for better understanding of a river system.
In response to the interactive session which followed after the presentation, Dr Manichandra said that the river systems of the state are very much susceptible to erosion and siltation led by destruction of vegetations. Erosion and siltation can significantly reduce the e flow in rivers, he added. He also said that change in rainfall pattern, particularly high intensity rainfall in short amount of time can directly affect a river’s health. The ultimate damage in river system due to anthropogenic intervention were also discussed with an active involvement of the participants and expert members during the session of discussion.
Pradip Phanjoubam, Journalist and Editor, Imphal Review of Arts and politics, briefed on the importance of journalists to understand the science behind the issues in order to report. He also pointed out the need for media persons to review the updated information about the concerned issue. Talking in regard to the river systems, he said that people need to observe factors that affect the river systems such as consumption patterns and change in land use forms. He recommended reporting on the Cultural and economic aspects while writing on the issues of a River system.
Speaking on the programme, Editor, Sangai Express, Khogendra Khomdram also said that over-consumption and change in land use pattern can affect water availability and can lead to water resource degradation.
Meanwhile, Dr T Brajakumar Singh, Joint Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate change, highlighted the importance of knowledge dissemination about environmental and climate change issues to the general public. He stated that media persons need to differentiate environmental factors from climatic factors while reporting on an issue. Talking about the River systems of Manipur, he said that the reduction in e flow of River has become a major concern in the state, stating high intensity rainfall in short duration of time led by Climate change has reduce spring recharge significantly, directly affecting the e flow of rivers.
Later, Dr T Brajakumar also gave a presentation showing various climate change projections, predicted by IPCC, also mentioning the impacts it can have on the river systems of Manipur. He pointed out that e flow reduction and increased rate of evapotranspiration which can directly affect surface water availability are some of the challenges caused by Climate change. He highlighted the need to focus more on building resilient capacity mainly based on traditional knowledge for water body conservation. He appealed media persons to particularly involve Change detection while reporting so that the general public realise what has changed over the years.
The workshop came to an end with vote of thanks from Sopbhapati Samom, appreciating everyone for taking out the time and making the programme a successful one.
Report on One day Workshop on Climate Change Reporting
Venue: Conference Hall, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur
Date: 15th July 2023
Organiser: Media Resource Centre, Manipur jointly with Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur
A one-day Workshop on Climate Change Reporting for Media fraternity was held on Saturday, 15th July 2023 at the Conference Hall, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Manipur with the aim to enhance the knowledge of the media fraternity in climate change reporting and understand climate facts. The workshop was a part of the monthly capacity building programme jointly organised by the Media Resource Centre, Manipur and Directorate of Environment and Climate change. Around 40 people including 13 women participants attended the programme. Editor of Sangai Express, Khogendro Khomdram, Coordinator, Media Resource Centre, Sobhapati Samom, Editor FPSJ Review Pradip Phanjoubam, Joint Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Dr T Brajakumar Singh, Media Fellow Recipients, several staffs of AIR among others took part in the workshop. The participants who could not attend the workshop in person, joined the programme online.
Coordinator, Media Resource Centre, Manipur, Sobhapati Samom gave the welcome address where he emphasized the role of media in disseminating knowledge about current issues of climate change. He requested all the participants to take the opportunity of the workshop and clear their doubts by actively involving in the interactions.
As the expert member, Dr Manichandra Sanoujam, Sr Consultant (Scientific), Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Manipur gave a detailed presentation on ‘River Systems of Manipur’ where he showed the watershed maps of the Manipur River Basin to get a clear understanding of the River Systems in Manipur. He stated that Manipur has 28 watersheds out of 3,257 watersheds in India and originates from Brahmaputra drainage. He additionally explained and showed the drainage map of Manipur River (middle), Barak River (left), Yu (Eastern) and Chindwin which lie in the Jessami side (Ukhrul district) which are the sub catchments of the Manipur River Basin. In his slide, he mentioned the importance of studying the slope, longitudinal profile, elevation and area of river in learning the watercourse system of a river. He recommended using the Google Earth for better understanding of a river system.
In response to the interactive session which followed after the presentation, Dr Manichandra said that the river systems of the state are very much susceptible to erosion and siltation led by destruction of vegetations. Erosion and siltation can significantly reduce the e flow in rivers, he added. He also said that change in rainfall pattern, particularly high intensity rainfall in short amount of time can directly affect a river’s health. The ultimate damage in river system due to anthropogenic intervention were also discussed with an active involvement of the participants and expert members during the session of discussion.
Pradip Phanjoubam, Journalist and Editor, Imphal Review of Arts and politics, briefed on the importance of journalists to understand the science behind the issues in order to report. He also pointed out the need for media persons to review the updated information about the concerned issue. Talking in regard to the river systems, he said that people need to observe factors that affect the river systems such as consumption patterns and change in land use forms. He recommended reporting on the Cultural and economic aspects while writing on the issues of a River system.
Speaking on the programme, Editor, Sangai Express, Khogendra Khomdram also said that over-consumption and change in land use pattern can affect water availability and can lead to water resource degradation.
Meanwhile, Dr T Brajakumar Singh, Joint Director, Directorate of Environment and Climate change, highlighted the importance of knowledge dissemination about environmental and climate change issues to the general public. He stated that media persons need to differentiate environmental factors from climatic factors while reporting on an issue. Talking about the River systems of Manipur, he said that the reduction in e flow of River has become a major concern in the state, stating high intensity rainfall in short duration of time led by Climate change has reduce spring recharge significantly, directly affecting the e flow of rivers.
Later, Dr T Brajakumar also gave a presentation showing various climate change projections, predicted by IPCC, also mentioning the impacts it can have on the river systems of Manipur. He pointed out that e flow reduction and increased rate of evapotranspiration which can directly affect surface water availability are some of the challenges caused by Climate change. He highlighted the need to focus more on building resilient capacity mainly based on traditional knowledge for water body conservation. He appealed media persons to particularly involve Change detection while reporting so that the general public realise what has changed over the years.
The workshop came to an end with vote of thanks from Sopbhapati Samom, appreciating everyone for taking out the time and making the programme a successful one.