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Cleaning Up Big Oil

Communities around the world are suffering because of the world`s growing need for petroleum. Waterways and coastlines are being contaminated by oil spills while fragile ecosystems are threatened by new oil development. ELAW is helping our international p

2006 Guimaras Island, Philippines oil spill
2006 Guimaras Island, Philippines oil spill (PHOTO: Hazel P. Villa)

Communities around the world are suffering because of the world`s growing need for petroleum. Waterways and coastlines are being contaminated by oil spills while fragile ecosystems are threatened by new oil development.

Saving Fish Habitat

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.

Thuli Makama: Big Game Fighter, Goldman Prize Winner

Thuli Makama wins Goldman Prize!
Fantastic news!! ELAW partner Thuli Brilliance Makama from Swaziland won a Goldman Prize -- the world's most prestigious environmental award! Read more about Thuli and other ELAW partners in the recently released Spring 2010 ELAW Advocate.

Thuli Brilliance Makama, Swaziland
Thuli Makama
PHOTOS: John Antonelli (Thuli), Hosea Jemba (elephants)


The Future of the Peruvian Amazon

Cordillera Azul National Park

INDIA: Saving Tribal Lands and Athirapally Falls

ELAW partners in India are making big strides protecting tribal homelands and critical biodiversity.

For years, authorities in India have sought to build a hydroelectric dam on a remote stretch of the Chalakudy River, in the southern state of Kerala. Athirapally Falls is a major tourist attraction and the area is home to more than 50 tribal families.  The dam would destroy the falls and create a reservoir that would innundate ancestral homelands, rare wildlife habitat, and the migration paths of Asian Elephants.

Catastrophe in Ecuador

Read about local voices for clean air, clean water, and the common good in the Autumn 2009 ELAW Advocate.

Pablo Fajardo Seeks Justice in the Amazon

 Pablo Fajardo with Cofan community members
Pablo Fajardo with Cofan community members from Lago Agrio.

Local Voices

Read about local voices for clean air, clean water, and the common good in the Summer 2009 ELAW Advocate.

for clean air, clean water, and the common good

Garifuna Woman
Garifuna community members in the Tela Bay region of northern Honduras favor small-scale eco-tourism. PHOTO: James Rodriguez/www.mimundo.org.

The People of ELAW: Cheryl Coon

On a chilly Sunday in March 2002, Cheryl Coon was reading her hometown newspaper, the Oregonian. She came across a story about ELAW and was immediately intrigued.

 Cheryl Coon
Cheryl Coon
ELAW Board Member

The People of ELAW: Carla García Zendejas

   Baja California dolphins

 Carla has helped preserve the coastline of Baja de California so that

Bangladesh: Ship-Breaking Victory

Ever since 2000, Rizwana Hasan, an ELAW partner and the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), has been taking on the ship-breaking companies. She has been trying to improve the working conditions for shipbreaking laborers and prevent environmental damage caused by the work.

 

Ship-breaking in Bangladesh
PHOTO: ©Brendan Corr, www.brendancorrphotography.co.uk

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