The Food and Agriculture Organization's Indigenous Peoples group is now open to submissions of design and visual artwork.

On February 13th World Radio Day is celebrated worldwide. This year, in recognition radio’s ability to reach the widest audience worldwide in the quickest possible time, the theme of World Radio Day 2016 is “Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster”.

Dr. Guy Bessette, consultant for international development and author of Involving the Community: A Guide to Participatory Development Communication talked about the importance of communication in development last February 1 at the College of Development Communication (CDC), UP Los Banos, Philippines.

Five graduate students taking up the Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management (TMEM) in the Philippines took 16-hour subject on ComDev planning. Each of them produced a skeletal communication plan that addresses an immediate concern in their respective marine ecosystem: illegal fishing, habitat degradation, whale conservation, and protection of seagrass ecosystem among others.