The Award is for coverage of biodiversity - its value, threats to its persistence and efforts to conserve it. Journalists are invited to submit published or broadcast stories that have covered any aspect of biodiversity in the Caucasus region, including: • Economic value of biodiversity
• Conservation of biodiversity
• Pollution
• Scientific research and findings
• Protected areas
• Ecotourism
• Sustainable development
• Harvest and trade of non-timber forest products
• Environmental policy
• Environmental education
• Fishing, mining, logging, oil extraction and other exploitation of natural resources
• Social issues that affect environmental integrity
• Issues in communities near protected areas or biodiversity-rich regions
• Climate change and the impact on biodiversity
