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ELAW works with partners all over the world to win lasting improvements in people lives. Our partners make great sacrifices and take many risks to defy large polluters who are exploiting local lands and people. At ELAW we are well aware of the challenges our partners face and are proud to recognize them for their hard work. Many of our partners have also been recognized by some of the world's leading environmental organizations and have received top honors. These are our honored partners.
CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil
CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil is coming to the Northwest. This award winning documentary features ELAW Partner and Goldman Prize winner Pablo Fajardo, and his community's fight to obtain justice from ChevronTexaco for the devastation of the Ecuadorian Amazon. We recommend that you go see it.
CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil is coming to the Northwest. This award winning documentary features ELAW Partner and Goldman Prize winner Pablo Fajardo, and his community's fight to obtain justice from ChevronTexaco for the devastation of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Environmental Hero: Pablo Fajardo
ELAW partner Pablo Fajardo is working to hold oil companies accountable for decades of polluting hundreds of square miles of Amazon rain forest. ELAW helped Pablo document the compensation Chevron has paid to communities impacted by far less egregious contamination by Chevron in the U.S.
Oil drilling in Ecuador has contaminated hundreds of square miles of Amazon rain forest. ELAW partner Pablo Fajardo is working to hold oil companies accountable for decades of polluting activities. ELAW helped Pablo document the compensation Chevron has paid to communities impacted by far less egregious contamination by Chevron in the U.S.
In 2007, Pablo was named a CNN Hero. This award was given to "ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary deeds around the world."
Inside ELAW: 2007 Annual Meeting
Fifty public interest lawyers and scientists from 28 countries met in Oregon to share legal strategies, tap scientific support, and collaborate to protect clean air, clean water, and healthy ecosystems.
The 15th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide was a tremendous success! Fifty public interest lawyers and scientists from 28 countries shared legal strategies, tapped scientific support, and collaborated to protect clean air, clean water, and healthy ecosystems. The meeting was held February 25 – March 1 in Yachats, Oregon.
Award-Winning Partners
Patricio Martin of Mexico and Miguel Fredes of Chile are recognized for their work to protect the environment.
ELAW partners are the world`s leading grassroots advocates, including seven winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Our latest award-winners hail from Mexico and Chile. Congratulations Patricio and Miguel!
Miguel Fredes
2006 Finalist: Environmentalist of the Year, Latin Trade Magazine
2006 Goldman Prize Winners
E-LAW partners Olya Melen of Ukraine and Annie Kajir of Papua New Guinea have each won a 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world`s largest award for grassroots environmentalists. Olya was recognized for her fearless work defending wetlands in the Danu
Olya was recognized for her fearless work defending wetlands in the Danube Delta, while Annie was recognized for a decade of work helping indigenous communities protect tropical forests from illegal loggers.
Protecting Patagonia
ELAW advocates in Chile have scored a tremendous victory for the snowy peaks and icy fjords of Central Patagonia. Toronto-based Noranda Inc. has canceled plans to build three dams and one of the world`s largest aluminum smelters in the Aysén region of so
November 2003
Lake Yulton
ELAW advocates in Chile have scored a tremendous victory for the snowy peaks and icy fjords of Central Patagonia. Toronto-based Noranda Inc. has canceled plans to build three dams and one of the world`s largest aluminum smelters in the Aysén region of southern Chile.
BELA Receives UN Award
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has presented E-LAW advocate Rizwana Hasan with a Global 500 award for the outstanding contributions of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) to the protection of the environment.
5 June 2003
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Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Summer 2001
E-LAW advocates attract national and international press as they help communities protect local environments and build sustainable futures.
E-LAW Advocates Win Environmental Prizes
May 16, 2001 — The Mercury News (San Jose, California) reports that Rakesh Jaiswal was honored by the Dalai Lama as an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" at a San Jose award ceremony organized by San Francisco`s "Wisdom in Action." The award was given to 50 individuals "who, through their loving kindness and service to others, have made their communities and our world a better place." E-LAW U.S. is working with Rakesh and his organization Eco-Friends in Kanpur, India, to clean up the Ganges River.
E-LAW Defenders in India and Mexico Win Awards
E-LAW advocates in India and Mexico have been recognized for their pioneering work defending the environment.
June 6, 2001 -- On May 16, the Dalai Lama honored Rakesh Jaiswal of Eco-Friends in Kanpur, India, as an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" in an award ceremony in San Jose, California. Yesterday, Dr. Raquel Gutierrez Najera of Guadalajara, Mexico, received the Ecological Merit Award from Mexico`s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources in Palenque, Chiapas.