CANEJ offers this on-line open distance training course in Russian to educateenvironmental journalists, journalism teachers, students and media professionals. The on-line course contains six modules: Conventions; Environmental Policy, Strategy and Legislation; Environmental Problems; Environmental Journalism and Environmental Education. A special section covers environmental policy, strategy and legislation of the Central Asian countries; and international agreements and conventions related to climate, biodiversity, biosafety, desertification,chemical pollution, water resource management and others, signed or ratified by the Central Asian countries. Another section promotes interpretation of regulations of the Aarhus Convention, access to information, public participation on decision-making and access to justicein environmental matters and tbe Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer RegistersWith useful links and experts, and NGO contacts.(Original source: http://www.unesco.kz/odl/course/category.php?id=9)
