This association brings together 100 media professionals, working for radio, TV, press, and so on. Any individual carrying a press card is welcome to join. Though he or she doesn't need to be an expert, any journalist concerned with environmental issues - as for exemple foreign correspondents - is more than welcome.

The association also welcomes non journalists and considers them as affiliated members. This concerns NGO's, institutions and companies that are dealing with journalists on a daily basis and can be considered as our « natural interlocutors ». Connected directly or indirectly to the life of our association, we call them « Friends of AJE» (see list under the title « les Amis de l'AJE ».)

AJE's main goals are the following

• create a specific space for press conferences
  
• create a specific space for exchanges, including opportunities for training
  
• make our profession more visible to the outside world and mainly to our « priviledged interlocutors » who support the association
  
• enhance the credibility of environmental issues, especially in a country where these issues are neglected or marginalized
  
• reinforce our skills and the quality of our information