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This month, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni called on the country's security chiefs to enforce a ban on "kaveera" - the single-use plastic bags that flutter in trees, clog waterways, and endanger animals.

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ELAW Fellow Damaris Santanta returned to Guadalajara on Saturday and  immediately returned to the front lines, defending urban forests and indigenous rights with the legal team at Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (IDEA).

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Last week, ELAW and Tanzanian partner organizations LEAT and ALAPA co-hosted ELAW's 2018 Annual International Meeting and the African Public Interest Environmental and Human Rights Law Conference. 

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More than 100 grassroots defenders from 42 countries are gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, this week to work together and build a greener future at the 2018 ELAW Annual International Meeting.

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Fantastic news! Residents of South Africa's Karoo region are spared the threat of radioactive contamination of groundwater and air from an open-pit uranium mining project proposed by the Australian mining company Peninsula Energy.

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In a stunning win for communities in Lamu, Kenya, the government has been ordered to pay more than $17 million USD to 4,600 fishermen for damages caused by an enormous infrastructure project: the Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET).

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Phewa Lake in Nepal's Phokara Valley is famous for its stunning reflection of  majestic peaks in the Annapurna Himalayas.
We are thrilled to report that ELAW partners at the Kathmandu-based Pro Public have saved this natural wonder from a private company's scheme to operate a cable car from the lake's edge to the World Peace Pagoda on Ananda Hill.

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ELAW partners at Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) are challenging the environmental impact assessments for the Veracruz Port expansion because they lack adequate and complete scientific information. ELAW Staff Scientist Dr. Heidi Weiskel has been working closely with CEMDA to challenge this port project, which threatens the largest coral ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, the Veracruz Reef System National Park.

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ELAW Fellows Delvin Rosalio and Juana Bilbano were featured in this week's edition of The Eugene Weekly.

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Join us in extending a warm welcome to new ELAW Fellow Damaris Santana!

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We are pleased to announce that our photo essay collection is now available online!  Enjoy 12 inspiring stories of communities around the world fighting for a healthy environment, and winning.

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Peru is taking bold steps to protect the climate through law. Last week, Peru's Congress unanimously approved the Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático - the nation's first framework climate change law.

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This week we welcome new ELAW Fellows Juana Bilbano and Delvin Rosalio from Centro por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN).

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After a 6-year negotiation process, 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries have adopted a regional agreement to ensure access to information, participation, and justice in environmental matters.

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ELAW is working with attorney Carlos Soria in Peru to protect one of the few remaining natural green spaces near Peru's capital, Lima.

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New ELAW Fellows arrived yesterday! We are pleased to welcome Aura Tegria Cristancho from Colombia and Kadi-Kaisa Kaljuveer from Estonia.

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Plans for a highway that is destroying the Aripo Savannas--Trinidad and Tobago's largest remaining savanna ecosystem--have been temporarily halted!

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A border region shared by the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany is called the Black Triangle for its extreme air pollution from coal operations and other industry. ELAW partners at Frank Bold are working with communities here to demand clean air, and winning!

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ELAW is working closely with Shweta Narayan at Community Environmental Monitors (CEM) to hold polluters accountable and protect communities in Tamil Nadu from hazardous air.

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We are pleased to report that a fuel pipeline project proposed for construction under the nationally protected Bay of Panama has been shelved!

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We hope you'll join us for a fun-filled evening in support of ELAW!

Wednesday, January 31
5 - 7 p.m.
Oakshire Brewing
207 Madison Street

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ELAW partners in Chile sent exciting news last week:
Mega-dam projects threatening wild rivers in Patagonia have all been shelved!

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The government of Belize has issued an indefinite moratorium on offshore oil development!

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The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) seeks a bilingual (French and English)
lawyer to join us on a one-year contract with possible extension.

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We are pleased to introduce our new ELAW Fellow, Cesar Gamboa from Peru.

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We are pleased to announce a victory keeping lead out of paint in Nepal!

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Throughout 2017, grassroots advocates around the world called on ELAW for the legal and scientific tools and expertise they needed to protect their communities and ecosystems.

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After decades at the helm of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), Diana McCaulay has put a solid team in place and is passing the torch to the next generation.

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Staff scientist Meche Lu collaborated with ELAW partners at the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective Corporation (CCAJAR) to defend the human rights of local communities suffering the impacts of Latin America's largest open pit coal mine.

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In honor of #GivingTuesday, I hope you will support ELAW's work to secure climate justice and defend human rights around the world.

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I'm thrilled to report that organizations are recognizing ELAW for our good work!  Recently, ELAW was named a 2017 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits!