Uganda
In July, E-LAW U.S. Staff Attorney Jennifer Gleason and Communications Director Maggie Keenan visited Kampala, Uganda, en route to the E-LAW annual meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. Maggie was pleased to return to Uganda, where she lived from 1995-1999.
Maggie and Jennifer met with several Ugandan environmental advocates, including Irene Makumbi, a lawyer recently hired to work with the Uganda Wildlife Society. Irene is helping ensure that Uganda’s law to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will adequately protect Uganda’s threatened species.
Latin America Technology Circuit Rider
Miguel Peirano, E-LAW U.S. Latin America Technology Circuit Rider, lives in Montevideo, Uruguay, and travels throughout Latin America training grassroots environmental advocates. Since February, Miguel has trained advocates in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Mexico. Miguel troubleshoots computer problems and shows advocates the most efficient way to get the information they need to protect the environment. Miguel came to Eugene in September to work with E-LAW U.S. and coordinate plans for the coming year. E-LAW U.S. thanks the Avina Group for supporting this critical program.
Ukraine
Two grassroots lawyers from the Ukraine are visiting Eugene this fall. Zoryana Kozak is a lawyer with Ecopravo-L’viv (E-LAW Ukraine) and a lecturer at L’viv National University. Andriy Andrusevych, a teacher and graduate student in the Department of International Law at L’viv National University, is the E-LAW U.S. Technology Circuit Rider for Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. The Circuit Rider position is funded by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Both Andriy and Zoryana came to Eugene as part of the Oregon-L’viv University Partnership.
Costa Rica
E-LAW U.S. helped four young lawyers attend a six-week Land Use and Environmental Law program in San Jose, Costa Rica this summer. Sponsored by the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and the Universidad de Costa Rica, E-LAW advocates took part in field studies and environmental law classes. Partners from Guadalajara, Mexico City and Quito (Ecuador) participated. E-LAW U.S. thanks Tom Ankersen at the Levin College of Law for making this opportunity available to our Latin American partners.
Sri Lanka
Priya Monagurusamy is a lawyer with the Environmental Foundation, Ltd. in Colombo, host of E-LAW Sri Lanka. Priya visited E-LAW U.S. in September to conduct research on coral reefs and genetically modified organisms. Priya strengthened her computer skills and took steps to make important South Asian environmental law precedents available on E-LAW’s website. Priya’s Working Exchange was sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as a part of a joint project with seven Asian E-LAW Offices and E-LAW U.S. to protect biodiversity in Asia.