Join us in welcoming Olena Kravchenko and Flaviano Bianchini, ELAW's first Fellows of 2011. Olena is the Executive Director at Ukraine's leading environmental law organization and Flaviano is a scientist with field experience monitoring extractive industries.
Join us in welcoming Olena Kravchenko and Flaviano Bianchini, ELAW's first Fellows of 2011. Olena is the Executive Director at Ukraine's leading environmental law organization and Flaviano is a scientist with field experience monitoring extractive industries.
The world's leading grassroots advocates gathered in Punta Leona, Costa Rica for the 2010 ELAW Annual Meeting. They collaborated on new solutions to problems stemming from coastal development, climate change, use of water resources, mining, oil development, and more.
The world's leading grassroots advocates gathered in Punta Leona, Costa Rica for the 2010 ELAW Annual Meeting. They collaborated on new solutions to problems stemming from coastal development, climate change, use of water resources, mining, oil development, and more.
ELAW Advocate, Winter 2010: Lupita Lara's home stood in the way of plans by the government of Mexico to dam the Santiago River, near Guadalajara City, which the government of Mexico claimed would provide drinking water to Guadalajara and the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, the Santiago River is highly polluted, the dam was proposed for a protected area, and the reservoir it would have created would have flooded the community of Arcediano. Señora Lara called on ELAW partner Raquel Gutierrezto help protect her home and the village of Arcediano, and won!
ELAW Advocate, Winter 2010: Lupita Lara's home stood in the way of plans by the government of Mexico to dam the Santiago River, near Guadalajara City, which the government of Mexico claimed would provide drinking water to Guadalajara and the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, the Santiago River is highly polluted, the dam was proposed for a protected area, and the reservoir it would have created would have flooded the community of Arcediano. Señora Lara called on ELAW partner Raquel Gutierrezto help protect her home and the village of Arcediano, and won!
Who wants to think about what happens when you flush the toilet? A visit to Jamaica’s Harbour View Sewage Treatment Plant back in the 1980s prompted ELAW partner Diana McCaulay to launch the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET).
Who wants to think about what happens when you flush the toilet? A visit to Jamaica’s Harbour View Sewage Treatment Plant back in the 1980s prompted ELAW partner Diana McCaulay to launch the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET).
India’s sacred Ganges River begins in the glaciers of Uttarakhand State. Big dams jeopardize communities and the fragile ecosystems of this region. Communities threatened by the proposed dams in Uttarakhand have called on ELAW partners for help.
India’s sacred Ganges River begins in the glaciers of Uttarakhand State. Big dams jeopardize communities and the fragile ecosystems of this region. Communities threatened by the proposed dams in Uttarakhand have called on ELAW partners for help.
We are pleased to welcome Yonghua Zhang, ELAW's Laurie Prosser/Xiaoli Jiang Fellow. Yonghua is an environmental attorney from Shenzhen, China. He works pro bono at the Shenzhen Legal Assistance Center to clean China's air and water, and challenge noise pollution.
We are pleased to welcome Yonghua Zhang, ELAW's Laurie Prosser/Xiaoli Jiang Fellow. Yonghua is an environmental attorney from Shenzhen, China. He works pro bono at the Shenzhen Legal Assistance Center to clean China's air and water, and challenge noise pollution.
The tribal people of the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India have won a David and Goliath battle protecting their ancestral lands from a London-based mining giant! Authorities in Delhi recently denied permission for Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite from hills in Orissa State where the Dongria Kondh live as subsistence farmers.
The tribal people of the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India have won a David and Goliath battle protecting their ancestral lands from a London-based mining giant! Authorities in Delhi recently denied permission for Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite from hills in Orissa State where the Dongria Kondh live as subsistence farmers.
ELAW Advocate, Autumn, 2010: The rising price of gold, nickel, bauxite and other metals means communities around the world face more pressure than ever from the mining industry. ELAW is working with partners in India, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Honduras, and other countries as mining companies claim that new and expanded mining operations will be a "win-win." In reality, mineral development is often hazardous to communities and the toxic impacts can persist for decades, even centuries.
ELAW Advocate, Autumn, 2010: The rising price of gold, nickel, bauxite and other metals means communities around the world face more pressure than ever from the mining industry. ELAW is working with partners in India, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Honduras, and other countries as mining companies claim that new and expanded mining operations will be a "win-win." In reality, mineral development is often hazardous to communities and the toxic impacts can persist for decades, even centuries.
ELAW Advocate, Summer, 2010: Around the world, people are watching the impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, concerned a similar incident might unfold along their shores. Oil consumption by the developed world is driving multinationals to explore for oil under every rock and reef. In Belize, for example nearly every inch offshore is already charted for oil development. The good news is that ELAW partners in Belize have captured the moment and joined an alliance of more than 40 organizations seeking a moratorium on oil drilling offshore and in protected areas. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage will draw lessons from Costa Rica and other places where public interest lawyers have effectively deterred oil development in fragile marine ecosystems.
ELAW Advocate, Summer, 2010: Around the world, people are watching the impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, concerned a similar incident might unfold along their shores. Oil consumption by the developed world is driving multinationals to explore for oil under every rock and reef. In Belize, for example nearly every inch offshore is already charted for oil development. The good news is that ELAW partners in Belize have captured the moment and joined an alliance of more than 40 organizations seeking a moratorium on oil drilling offshore and in protected areas. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage will draw lessons from Costa Rica and other places where public interest lawyers have effectively deterred oil development in fragile marine ecosystems.
ELAW Advocate, Spring 2010: When Thuli Makama graduated from the University of Swaziland with a degree in law, she probably never imagined that one day she would receive the most prestigious environmental prize in the world, the Goldman Prize. Thuli also probably never imagined the danger she would endure as she fought for justice in her homeland. As the only public interest environmental lawyer in Swaziland, Thuli has been fighting to ensure that local voices are heard in making environmental decisions.
ELAW Advocate, Spring 2010: When Thuli Makama graduated from the University of Swaziland with a degree in law, she probably never imagined that one day she would receive the most prestigious environmental prize in the world, the Goldman Prize. Thuli also probably never imagined the danger she would endure as she fought for justice in her homeland. As the only public interest environmental lawyer in Swaziland, Thuli has been fighting to ensure that local voices are heard in making environmental decisions.
