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Table  1  Summary  and  number  of  participants  of  the  four  media  workshops April  2015  discussed  the  role  of  climate  change  (CC)  in  natural  disasters,  and  the  last  one  in  the  series  took  place  in  Jorhat  and  Majuli,  Assam  from  2  to  5  November  2015  highlighting  climate  change  impacts  and  adaptation  measures  in  the  eastern  Himalayas,  with  a  special  focus  on  the  Brahmaputra  basin.  Overall  75  journalists  from  print,  television,  radio  and  online  media  and  51  resource  persons  and  organizers  attended  the  workshops.   For  each  workshop  2  reports  have  been prepared,  one  the  proceedings  and  second  the  journalist  report.  The  proceedings  have  documented  the  workshops  as  they  ran  whereas the  journalist  reports  provide  the  best  of  the  deliberations  made  and  discussions  held.  Both  the  reports  of  each  workshop  are  kept  stand  alone  and  for  this  purpose  there  are  overlaps  in  the  two  reports  like  the  introduction  of  the  workshop,  list  of  participants,  programme  schedule,  feedback  and  so  on. Two  manuals  have  been  developed:  1.  Himalayas,  Climate  Change  and  the  Media:  A  Trainers’  Manual • To  facilitate  organizations/agencies  like  CEE  in  conducting  workshops  of  the  kind. • To  provide  trainers  with  competencies that  will  enable  them  to  effectively  mentor  journalist  participants  in  understanding  climate  change  and  selecting  issues  for  news  report/feature.  2.  Himalayas,  Climate  Change  and  the  Media:  A  Manual  for  Journalists  • To  guide  other  journalists  around  the  corner  who  were  unable  to  attend  the  workshops. • To  help  journalists  cover  climate  change  and  adaptation  issues  in  the  Himalayas  with  more  accuracy  and  understanding. 338 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand


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