Autumn 2006/Winter 2007

Protecting Forests in Liberia

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ELAW partner Alfred Brownell, founder of Green Advocates, reports on drafting the Liberian Forestry Reform Bill and the battle to pass it into law.

Liberia, post civil war.

Indigenous communities across the globe are under more pressure than ever from governments and corporations seeking oil, minerals, timber, and cheap electricity. ELAW is working with indigenous leaders around the world to give these communities a voice an

ELAW Partners Collaborate with U.S. Tribes

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ELAW partners Lottie Cunningham Wren from Nicaragua and Hector Huertas from Panama meet with members of the Winnemem Wintu tribe.

ELAW Impact: Protecting Whale Breeding Grounds in Baja California

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Mexico`s environmental agency terminates a development project that threatened fragile whale breeding grounds. ELAW analyzed the environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for the project.

A baby gray whale near San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. PHOTO: Fernando Ochoa

Each year, gray whales travel from the Chukchi and Bering Seas to shelter and breed in Baja`s Guerrero Negro, San Ignacio, and Bahia Magdalena lagoons. The United Nations designated San Ignacio whale sanctuary a World Heritage Site in 1993.

Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Autumn 2006

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ELAW partner Rizwana Hasan of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) was interviewed by 60 Minutes for "The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh."

The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh