10/10/2025
17:00 - 18:00
BBC Media Action
Why attend
Find out how investigative journalism has the power to encourage positive action in conservation and nature risk reduction.
Session Description
In 2025, a significant environmental disaster occurred in Zambia, when toxic mining waste polluted the Kafue River. Mercy Mulenga is an investigative journalist working for Yar FM Radio in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province and highlights the risks of resource extraction on habitats and livelihood. Trained under BBC Media Action’s MOTO initiative, Mercy’s most recent story uncovers the devastation caused to the environment and local communities by an acid leak from a dam. In this session, Mercy talks about her important work and explains how investigative journalism exposes the impact of resource extraction and hold those in power to account.