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ELAW in Africa
Working to protect Africa’s environment through law presents tremendous challenges. Fortunately, a growing corps of grassroots environmental defenders is stepping up to meet these challenges. E-LAW U.S. is helping pioneering African public interest attorn
(Photo: Mark Boulton, CEC)Progress in Liberia, Tanzania, and South Africa
Liberia celebrates a new environmental law, helping Tanzanians protect Lake Victoria, and fighting toxic waste in South Africa.
E-LAW U.S. honors the growing corps of grassroots advocates in Africa. Together, we are building the capacity to protect the environment for generations to come. We are pleased to report on recent victories and current work.
Working Exchange Fellow: Thuli Makama of Swaziland
Swaziland’s only public interest environmental lawyer traveled to Oregon in May to work with E-LAW U.S. on her efforts to protect workers at a poorly managed Swiss-owned coal mine and ferro vanadium plant, and challenge a paper mill that could destroy a r
Working Exchange Fellow Thuli Brilliance Makama, Swaziland.
Swaziland’s only public interest environmental lawyer traveled to Oregon in May to work with E-LAW U.S. on her efforts to protect workers at a poorly managed Swiss-owned coal mine and ferro vanadium plant, and challenge a paper mill that could destroy a river and jeopardize the health of local communities.
In Danger: Magellanic Penguins
E-LAW advocates at Fiscalia del Medio Ambiente (FIMA) in Santiago, Chile, report a major victory protecting a colony of 6,000 Magellanic penguins threatened by an ill-advised charcoal mining project in southern Chile’s Patagonia region.
Conserving Caribbean Ecosystems
E-LAW advocates in the Caribbean are shaping sound environmental policies, challenging destructive practices, and giving citizens a voice in protecting fragile ecosystems. Updates on work protecting Jamaica`s ecosystems and the Mesoamerican Reef.
Caye Caulker, Belize
The Caribbean’s rainbow-hued coral reefs, low montane rainforests, dry scrub woodlands, freshwater swamps, mangrove stands, and cloud forests provide unique habitat that sustains rare species found nowhere else in the world. Pioneering work by local E-LAW advocates is safeguarding the region’s unique biodiversity.
Protecting Environmental Human Rights
E-LAW advocate Candis Hamilton in Jamaica reports on using the Inter-American system of human rights to protect the environment.
Candis Hamilton, Jamaica
Candis Hamilton is a Jamaican attorney with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Candis serves on the board of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) and is helping to develop JET’s environmental law program. The following is an excerpt from a recent paper she published about using the Inter-American system of human rights to protect the environment and human rights.
Travel Notes: Antigua, Guatemala
On behalf of E-LAW U.S., Charlie Tebutt, Staff Attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center, attended the World Summit of Attorneys General in Antigua, Guatemala, February 2-5, 2004.
Trip Report
Charlie Tebbutt
Antigua, Guatemala
Inside E-LAW U.S.: Visitors from Japan and Bangladesh
Amy Solomon joins the E-LAW U.S. board of directors. The Geneva- based International Public Interest Defenders take public interest cases to the heart of the international community. Nobuo Kojima of Tokyo, Japan, and Mirza Hasan of Dhaka, Bangladesh, visi
Amy Solomon Joins Board
