Summer 2010

Inside ELAW: Summer Legal Interns

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ELAW receives many applications from promising law students who want to volunteer as summer Legal Interns. This summer we are pleased to have Joanna Reilly-Brown and Ashley White working with us.

Joanna (on right)
I am a rising third-year law student in the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law Environmental and Land Use Law certificate program. I am fascinated by the interaction between humans, culture, and the natural environment.

Raising the Bar in Honduras

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Environmental Law Institute of Honduras (IDAMHO) founder Clarisa Vega

Around the World

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VICTORIES for clean water, for clean air, and healthy communities

Jamaica: Sewage PlantJAMAICA
Fixing a Leaking Sewage Plant
Who spends time thinking about what happens when you flush the toilet? A visit to the Harbour View Sewage Treatment Plant back in the 1980s prompted ELAW partner Diana McCaulay to leave her work in the insurance industry and launch the Jamaica Environment Trust.

Saving Fish Habitat

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ELAW Partnership in Belize

Bonefish, permit, and tarpon thrive in the lagoons, estuaries, inlets, and mouths of many rivers in Belize.  This is prime fly fishing territory.  Unfortunately, shortsighted developers don’t seem to care about fish habitat or the health of the marine environment.

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon

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Oil Development Threatens Indigenous Communities

Yarinacocha Lake, Peru
Yarinacocha Lake

Inside ELAW: Fellow Jean André Victor

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Eugene Weekly cover 10 June 2010 Jean Andre Victor

 “I have mixed
feelings going
back to
my country.
Happy to go
back home, but
sad to leave
home.”

Jean André Victor
ELAW guestbook

Impact of the Gulf Spill Felt Around the World

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ELAW Advocate: People around the world are concerned that a catastrophe like the BP oil spill will unfold on their shores. ELAW partners are working to hold the oil industry accountable and winning victories for communities and the environment in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and around the world.

Fishing in Belize. Photo: Mark Lewis

PHOTO: Mark Lewis

The waters off Belize are still pristine.  Meanwhile, oil companies have petroleum contracts for most of the sea floor.

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