Role of Media is Critical in Disseminating Information on Climate Change Featured
Ofa Fa'anunu speaking to journalists at the workshop in Tonga. Picture: VUNIWAQA BOLA-BARI
Nuku'alofa, 16 July 2015. ROLE of the media is critical in disseminating information on climate change. This was reminded to the 15 regional journalists currently undertaking training at Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa by the Tonga Meteorological Service director Ofa Fa'anunu.
Mr Fa'anunu said without the media, information from the weather man would not reach people at grassroots level from those that depend on the weather forecast to go out to sea and farmers that need it to know what needs to be planted.
Spending 10 years in the Tonga Met Service, Mr Fa'anunu said their work would be of no use if information was not disseminated to the people and this could only be done better with the media.
The workshop is also to prepare the media prior to the Pacific Meteorological Council next week in Tonga.
Source: The Fiji Times Online
