I was browsing the web today and found an interesting study called 'Island at Risk' written by Elizabeth Burch, a Professor of Communications study at Sonoma State University in California.
The study speaks about the difficulty that local journalists have with regards to reporting on environmental issues. It starts by saying that 'Environmental reporting in Jamaica is affected negatively by the small country's libel laws, low pay and westernization'. This is very true as no one has the time to focus on preserving natural beauty when people are being killed, or the economy is doing bad. However at the end of the day is'nt it the land that we may have to depend on to sustain us, to protect us? You be the judge.
Link to 'Island at Risk' http://www.ejmagazine.com/2007a/07a_pdfs/jamaica.pdf
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This is so true...However, one must take into consideration that it is how you put across information to Jamaican people...It has to show that it directly affects them, their livelihoods and lifestyles b4 anyone takes notice of the issues.
WE have a wealth of resources and it's only after they're gone that people will even realize that they were there and then see the usefulness and purpose of them.
I understand that that is the problem we are trying to avoid, but lets try to bring it across in a more crucial way.
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