The Caribbean Environmental Reporters' Network (CERN) The Caribbean Environmental Reporters' Network (CERN) was officially launched in March 1993 to help raise the standard of environmental journalism in the Caribbean and to create a better awareness of environmental issues among Caribbean peoples.

CERN was born at a Panos/CARIMAC training workshop on media and the environment in Jamaica at the University of the West Indies in July 1990. In November 1992 at a follow-up workshop in Barbados put on by Panos Institute, Washington, The Caribbean Institute of Mass Communications (CARIMAC) and the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) the concept was formally accepted by regional journalists.

The Caribbean Environmental Network (CEN) forerunner to CERN, was merged with the new organisation. From the ten journalists that participated in the Barbados workshop, the network now has a membership of 35 journalists in 13 Caribbean states. To achieve its objectives, output from CERN's membership base is essential. Reporters participate in and contribute to the projects of the network, as part of their professional contribution to raising the level of environmental and development awareness of the Caribbean public.

To promote harmony between media houses in the region CERN facilitates the dispatching of reporters to international events around the world.

CERN can be reached through the:

Panos Institute,Caribbean B.P. 1595 17, rue Wilson Deuxieme Pacot Port-au-Prince, Haiti Ph/Fax: (509) 245-1672 E-mail: panos@haitiweb.net

Panos Institute, Washington 1701 K Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 U.S.A. Ph: (202) 223-7949 Fax: (202) 223-7947 E-mail: panos@cais.com

directly at: CERN
P.O. Box 461,
Bridgetown, Barbados
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Fax or call:
(1) 435 304 5290
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