Winter 2001

Taking Out the Trash

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Advocates Genee Mislang and Jun Narvadez of Tanggol Kalikasan traveled to the United States to work with E-LAW U.S. on sustainable solutions to Manila`s waste crisis.

Boy picking through trash at Payatas landfill

Bridging the Language Divide

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Support from the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is helping E-LAW reach out to advocates in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, in languages they can understand.

If you read Russian, you know that sentence says: "We must work together to protect the environment." If you don`t, you`re out of luck. Finding a common language is a tremendous challenge as E-LAW works with advocates in Eastern Europe.

Yachats 2001: E-LAW Annual Meeting Set for Oregon Coast

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The seaside town of Yachats, Oregon, will host E-LAW advocates from around the world for the 2001 E-LAW Annual International Meeting, February 25-28.

Seal Rock on the central Oregon coast (Photo: Chris Norton)

In Danger: Drill

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Conservation experts consider the drill to be Africa`s most endangered primate. E-LAW is helping a Cameroonian attorney ensure that a pipeline project does not destroy and fragment the drill`s habitat.

Inside E-LAW: Comings and Goings

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Comings and Goings: New E-LAW U.S. board member Glenn Miller; New E-LAW U.S. board member Sydney Jones; Law fellow Derek Snelling.

Glenn Miller

Travel Notes: Working Exchange Fellow Fernando Baptista

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Attorney Fernando Baptista of Brazil’s Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) put many miles on the E-LAW bicycle this fall. Fernando came to Eugene as a Working Exchange Fellow to help protect indigenous rights and the environment in Brazil.

Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Winter 2001

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E-LAW advocates attract national and international press as they help communities protect local environments and build sustainable futures. The following are some recent press clips.

Araucarias: Danger of Extinction at Hands of Brazilian Environmental Agency

Agencia Estado, one of Brazil’s largest news agencies, reports: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) has filed suit against Ibama, Brazil’s national environmental agency. The suit seeks to halt logging of endangered species in the Atlantic rainforest region. Araucarias, or the monkey puzzle tree, has been reduced to 2% of its original population. It is officially recognized by Ibama as an endangered species. (December 4, 2000)