Love to Write and Care About Climate Change and Biodiversity Issues? Let’s share your thought by joining the MSIG Indonesia 2022 Blog Competition!

Biodiversity plays an important role in regulating climate, thus making a key contribution to mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, climate change affects ecosystem dynamics and the distribution and abundance of species and habitats. The use of fossil fuels is the main reason for climate change. Land and marine exploitation—such as agricultural expansion, deforestation, and overfishing, as well as pollution—are the main drivers of biodiversity loss and contribute to climate change. Moreover, climate change itself is a major driver for ecosystem change and biodiversity loss.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific panel established by the United Nations organization that aims to evaluate the risks of climate change due to human activities, the current climate crisis cannot be separated from the biodiversity crisis. The impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Species of living things are increasingly spreading towards the poles, catastrophic forest fires, and coral bleaching signal climate change.

Then, what will the world look like in the future?

Research shows that the climate crisis will be much worse if there are no emission reductions. In his latest report mentions if global warming at a level of 1.5 degrees C will cause glaciers around the world to disappear completely or lose most of their mass; An additional 350 million people will experience water scarcity by 2030 and 14% of terrestrial species will face a high risk of extinction. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, also said, “I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but none like this”.

Then, how about you? Do you think climate change affects biodiversity sustainability? What and how is our role in maintaining biodiversity that can support the reduction of the negative effects of climate change?

MSIG Indonesia invites you to participate in a blog writing competition that we are holding from September 16 to October 15, 2022. Not only do you have the opportunity to take part in advocating for the protection of the natural environment and mitigate climate change, but also the opportunity to achieve various attractive prizes in this competition.

Check out the details of the competition below:

Theme: Biodiversity Conservation, Adaptation to Climate Change

Topics:

1. How climate change and biodiversity conservation affect each other?
2. What and what is our role in maintaining biodiversity that can support reducing the negative effects of climate change?

Period: September 16 - October 15, 2022

Winner announcement: November 5, 2022

Prizes:

• 1^st winner is entitled to get DJI Tello Boost Combo Drone Camera + shopping vouchers for various eco-friendly products
• 2^nd winner is entitled to get Xiaomi Mijia Handled Gimbal with Stabilization + shopping vouchers for various eco-friendly products
• 3^rd winner is entitled to get Rode Smartlav+ Lavalier Mic + shopping vouchers for various eco-friendly products
• 10 valid first blog submissions are entitled to get Gopay balance worth IDR50,000 each

Requirements:

• Participant must post the article links on their respective social media account.
• Participant must follow MSIG Indonesia's social media accounts:
  • Facebook Fan Page    : @msigid
  • Instagram                    : @msig_id
  • Twitter                          : @msigid
• Participant must use the specific keywords arranged by the organizer in the blog article and include the MSIG Biodiversity campaign website link in the article.
• The article should be informative and using a correct Bahasa Indonesia grammar and do not offend ethnicity, religion, race, and inter-group relations.
• The article must not lead any opinion to ambush certain parties including government, private companies, individuals or specific groups.

Assessment parameters:

• Theme aspect: suitability of the article to the competition theme and the originality of the writing idea (30%).
• Quality of content: the depth of the message and the impact of the writing on the public (30%).
  • Creativity: layout content, theme selection and compatibility between writing, photos and graphics.
  • Originality: the ability of the author to create their own and unique works, according to writing criteria, not adaptation / plagiarism.
• Language style: the presentation and writing structure used and the content have information value (20%).
• Quality of Service: language usage and quality of content (20%).

Keywords that must be used:

1. Keanekaragaman hayati
2. MSIG Indonesia
3. Edukasi 
4. Bumi
5. Pelestarian lingkungan 
6. Untuk masa depan yang lebih baik
7. Generasi mendatang 
8. Asuransi Umum
   (Asuransi Umum adalah Asuransi yang memberikan ganti rugi kepada Tertanggung atas kerusakan atau kerugian harta benda)
9. Adaptasi perubahan iklim
10. Perubahan iklim

Send your writings to the Submission Form

We look forward to your participation!