ELAW Advocate, Summer 2013 Communities and ecosystems in Africa are under siege. Kenyans face eviction to make way for coal and hydropower projects, Lake Victoria is polluted, oil prospectors are invading Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, and the government of Tanzania is weighing opening traditional Maasai lands to foreign big game hunting operations.
ELAW Advocate, Summer 2013 Communities and ecosystems in Africa are under siege. Kenyans face eviction to make way for coal and hydropower projects, Lake Victoria is polluted, oil prospectors are invading Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, and the government of Tanzania is weighing opening traditional Maasai lands to foreign big game hunting operations.
ELAW eBulletin The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is teaming up with longtime partner L'Association Haitienne de Droit de l'Environnement (AHDEN) to support creating a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Haiti's Caracol Bay and to promote a new, holistic approach to the sustainable use and conservation of marine biodiversity.
ELAW eBulletin The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is teaming up with longtime partner L'Association Haitienne de Droit de l'Environnement (AHDEN) to support creating a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Haiti's Caracol Bay and to promote a new, holistic approach to the sustainable use and conservation of marine biodiversity.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partner Gonca Yilmaz from Turkey stopped by the office this morning. Gonca helped fight this summer to save Taksim Square and Gezi Park.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partner Gonca Yilmaz from Turkey stopped by the office this morning. Gonca helped fight this summer to save Taksim Square and Gezi Park.
ELAW Press India's National Green Tribunal has banned sand mining in rivers without environment clearance. The order was a response to a petition filed by ELAW partner Ritwick Dutta, reacting to the suspension of a civil servant who was overseeing a drive against illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh.
ELAW Press India's National Green Tribunal has banned sand mining in rivers without environment clearance. The order was a response to a petition filed by ELAW partner Ritwick Dutta, reacting to the suspension of a civil servant who was overseeing a drive against illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh.
ELAW Press ELAW Staff Scientist Mark Chernaik weighs in on the Environmental Impact Assessment and the response of the government's expert group to expansion plans for the Kudankulam nuclear plant.
ELAW Press ELAW Staff Scientist Mark Chernaik weighs in on the Environmental Impact Assessment and the response of the government's expert group to expansion plans for the Kudankulam nuclear plant.
ELAW eBulletin A report on ELAW Fellow Rahul Choudhary in the Eugene Weekly. Rahul defends communities and ecosystems before the National Green Tribunal and the Supreme Court.
ELAW eBulletin A report on ELAW Fellow Rahul Choudhary in the Eugene Weekly. Rahul defends communities and ecosystems before the National Green Tribunal and the Supreme Court.
ELAW Advocate, Spring 2013 For too long, governments have failed to enforce environmental laws and allowed corporations to exploit natural resources for short-term gains. Citizens have been frozen out of decisions about the environment and government agencies have ignored sound science.
ELAW Advocate, Spring 2013 For too long, governments have failed to enforce environmental laws and allowed corporations to exploit natural resources for short-term gains. Citizens have been frozen out of decisions about the environment and government agencies have ignored sound science.
ELAW eBulletin Only 400 Asiatic Lions are left in the world. They all live in and around Gir National Park in the State of Gujarat, India. With all the lions living in one place, an epidemic could wipe out the entire population.
ELAW eBulletin Only 400 Asiatic Lions are left in the world. They all live in and around Gir National Park in the State of Gujarat, India. With all the lions living in one place, an epidemic could wipe out the entire population.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partner and Oceana Attorney Audrey Matura has won a groundbreaking victory protecting the Belize Barrier Reef, the Laughing Bird Caye National Park, and Half Moon Caye Natural Monument from reckless oil development. Yesterday, a judge handed down a decision declaring six offshore oil contracts null and void.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partner and Oceana Attorney Audrey Matura has won a groundbreaking victory protecting the Belize Barrier Reef, the Laughing Bird Caye National Park, and Half Moon Caye Natural Monument from reckless oil development. Yesterday, a judge handed down a decision declaring six offshore oil contracts null and void.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellow Nataliya Horodetska arrived from Lviv on Sunday. This is orientation week for her at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. Nataliya will be with us for 10 weeks, to collaborate on her work as Legal Advisor at Environment People Law and improve her English.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellow Nataliya Horodetska arrived from Lviv on Sunday. This is orientation week for her at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. Nataliya will be with us for 10 weeks, to collaborate on her work as Legal Advisor at Environment People Law and improve her English.