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Young Reporters for the Environment is an annual competition of written, videos and photographic reports, designed for middle and high schools by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). It enables young people to better understand sustainable development challenges and to become aware of the role they have to play in protecting the environment.

Young Reporters for the Environment are middle and high school students, aged 11 to 21, from all over Morocco. Supervised by a teacher, they opt to address the annual competition theme either through a written press article or through a photographic or videos report.

They then investigate as professional journalists; collect documentation, travel to the field, and interview information sources. They conduct analytical work and are required to propose solutions to problems studied according to competition rules. They then need to have their work published in at least three local media to validate it.

A new theme related to the environment is proposed every year to all Young Reporters, e.g. the environmental footprint, waste, sustainable tourism and water for a sustainable world.

YRE reports are forwarded to the national jury in April. The jury then renders its verdict for both categories in May. The best reports from Morocco are forwarded to the international competition jury.

More than 1000 students from over 300 middle and high schools take part in the competition annually. Since its launch in Morocco in 2002, over 22,000 young individuals people have been made aware of the environment and have become knowledgeable protectors of it.