[Coral-List] Blue Carbon Photography Contest

[Jessica Holterhof]

Dear Collegues,

My supervisor, Steven Lutz, suggested that you might be interested in our Blue Carbon Photo Contest - “Life on the Coasts – Blue Carbon.”

We are inviting grassroots organizations involved in coastal and marine conservation to participate in UNEP/GRID-Arendal’s Blue Carbon Photography Contest. Selected photographs are intended for use in a special publication for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa (COP17), and for an online image resource - the Blue Carbon Photo Library.

The theme of the contest “Life on the coasts - Blue Carbon” focuses on the importance of a healthy marine environment in coastal livelihoods.

We are looking for iconic images in two categories – People & the Environment, and Coastal & Marine Ecosystems. Examples include coastal and underwater scenes, community based restoration and conservation projects, our connection to healthy coastal ecosystems (e.g. fisheries, tourism), and how a changing ocean and climate impact the daily life of people and communities living along the coast.

As long as there is a clear affiliation with a grassroots organization, all professional and non-professional photographers worldwide are welcome to submit. Organization logos will also be highlighted in the special publication. Blue Climate Solutions has offered a digital underwater camera as a prize for the best image.

**To SUBMIT your images, please see the Competition Rules and send all submissions to:

photocontest at grida.no<mailto:photocontest at grida.no>

**The DEADLINE for submitting pictures to UNEP/GRID-Arendal is SEPTEMBER 16, 2011. Finalists will be announced by the end of September 2011.

Personal Release forms are required for all images that include recognizable subjects and children (see Competition Rules).

After reviewing the following Competition Rules, you will be fully prepared to enter the contest.

Contest information and COMPETITION RULES can be found at:

http://www.grida.no/marine/activities/blue-carbon-photo-contest.aspx?id=4808<http://samoa.grida.no/owa/redir.aspx?C=e80209e659c14230854122972079463c&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.grida.no%2fmarine%2factivities%2fblue-carbon-photo-contest.aspx%3fid%3d4808>

Best regards,

Jessica Holterhof

Blue Carbon Photography Contest Manager
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Arendal, Norway
Email: photocontest at grida.no<mailto:photocontest at grida.no>

UNEP/GRID-Arendal is a non-profit, administratively independent institution and an official collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It was established in 1989 by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment to support UN’s Environment Programme and other UN agencies. Its mission is to communicate environmental information to policy-makers and facilitate environmental decision-making for change.