Summer 2001

Traversing the Globe

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Executive Director Bern Johnson reports on his work with leaders of Iran`s environmental movement. E-LAW U.S. staff also report on working visits with advocates in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Emerging Environmental Movement in Iran
By Bern Johnson, Executive Director

Today there are 233 environmental NGOs in Iran. Ten years ago there were none. Iranian citizens are beginning to speak out for the environment and E-LAW is ready to help.

In Danger: East African Bongo

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E-LAW partners are helping lawyers in Kenya oppose a logging plan that would diminish the forest habitat of Africa`s largest forest antelope.

The Toxic Legacy of Mining

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Grassroots attorneys around the world call on E-LAW for help understanding the complex scientific and technical issues that mining raises.

Mining takes a severe toll on the environment, disturbing vast areas of land and polluting water and air with toxic by-products. Grassroots attorneys around the world call on E-LAW for help understanding the complex scientific and technical issues that mining raises. Many lawyers in the E-LAW network have little training in the sciences, so there is a tremendous need for this technical expertise.

Pro Bono Scientists

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Meet three of the scientific experts providing pro bono assistance to E-LAW partners around the world.

A key to E-LAW`s high impact success is the dedicated scientific experts who provide pro bono assistance to E-LAW lawyers around the world. These experts are some of the nation`s foremost authorities in fields such as environmental chemistry, microbiology, and epidemiology.
By providing free help to our partners around the world, these scientists help E-LAW achieve big impacts at low cost. In addition, E-LAW`s pro bono scientists extend the benefits of their good work for the environment in the U.S. to communities in other countries.

Inside E-LAW: Interns, Meche Lu

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News from the U.S. office of E-LAW: spring term interns, Science Circuit Rider

Interns at E-LAW U.S.

Interns help E-LAW U.S. staff give advocates around the world the support they need. During the spring term three students interned in our office: Amos Nadler is a pre-law student at Lane Community College, Sayo Fukakusa is an environmental studies major at the University of Oregon and Clara Barnes is a political science major at the University of Oregon. Thanks to all of them for their hard work for E-LAW!

Meche Lu: Science Circuit Rider

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