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Festival held in DR Congo national park to raise eco-awareness

STORY: Festival held in DR Congo national park to raise eco-awareness DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: NORTH KIVU, DR Congo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Virunga National Park 2. SOUNDBITE (French): JOSUE MUKURA, Festival organizer STORYLINE: The first edition of the Mazingira Festival was held last weekend in the heart of the Virunga National Park in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For three days since last Friday, comedians, filmmakers, poets, dancers and even musicians put on a show on the border of Lake Edward, which lies in the heart of the national park, for visitors and local residents to raise their awareness of nature protection and sustainable development. SOUNDBITE (French): JOSUE MUKURA, Festival organizer "If there is oil exploitation in Lake Edward and in the rest of the Virunga Park, there will no longer be sustainable fishing, there will no longer be the promotion of eco-tourism, which would have a negative impact on soc

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach before the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach before the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2022 shows a beach after the cleanup campaign in Alexandria, Egypt. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People collect waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People collect waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People collect waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA-BEACH-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

(220816) -- ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman collects waste from the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 13, 2022. On the beaches in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a group of Egyptian young people are usually seen holding green and white plastic bags to collect the scattering waste. They are participants in a cleanup campaign organized by Banlastic Egypt, an environmental project launched by a group of youth in the Mediterranean city. The project seeks to raise the public's awareness of plastic pollution and how single-use plastic waste harms marine life if it eventually ends up in seas and oceans. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egyptians clean up Alexandria beaches to raise public eco-awareness ahead of COP27" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)