ELAW E-Bulletin Archive

Jean André Victor returned to Haiti where he is drawing on decades of experience, as an agronomist and a lawyer, to help turn things around.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a profound tragedy. Staff Scientist Mark Chernaik has written a guest column published in today's Register Guard, encouraging rigorous environmental analysis before projects like these are approved.

Thuli Makama wins Goldman Prize!
Fantastic news!! ELAW partner Thuli Brilliance Makama from Swaziland won a Goldman Prize today -- the world's most prestigious environmental award! Her courageous work is being celebrated today in San Francisco, along with five other winners from around the world.

This week we warmly welcome our latest ELAW Fellow, Jean André Victor from Haiti. He is an environmental attorney, an agronomist, and a law professor and he will be with us for three months, studying English, working on a new book, and collaborating with ELAW staff.

Diana McCaulay from Jamaica wrote this morning to say that Pellew Island will be protected! "Thanks very much to everyone who helped with this. I hope some of you will one day get to visit what I believe is one of the most beautiful places in Jamaica."

Agnes Gajdics has arrived from Hungary! She is our new ELAW Fellow and will spend the next nine weeks learning English and collaborating with ELAW staff to protect communities in Hungary from polluting coal mines, hazardous waste, and other environmental abuses.

Euren Cuevas, an environmental lawyer from the Dominican Republic, is spending the next six weeks at the ELAW office in Eugene, learning English and collaborating with ELAW staff. We are excited to have him here with us!

ELAW partners from 25 countries traveled to Eugene for the 2009 ELAW Annual Meeting. They gained skills and resources that will make them more effective advocates for their communities and wild places.

ELAW partner Alfred Brownell has won a tremendous victory for Liberia's forests, the rule of law, and for citizens who want a voice in decisions about how their natural resources are managed.

ELAW Associate Director Lori Maddox just returned from a week with the Mesoamerican Legal Strategy Group in Belize. They worked in Dangriga, Hopkins, Punta Gorda, Conejo, Belmopan, San Ignacio, and South Water Caye. Their focus was responding to the impacts of climate change.