A network of Environmental Communications and Press was launched in Chile with the aim of uniting journalists interested in ecological issues. The initiative, which began operations through an Internet site in mid-March, is the work of the Training Program of CODEFF (National Pro-Flora and Fauna Committee), Chile's oldest environmental organization.

The website (www.sociedadcivil.cl/prensaymedioambiente) is associated with the World Conservation Union and the Environmental Communication Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, says Myriam Pinto, coordinator of the Chilean network.