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Aug 09, 2017
ELAW Bulletin The Human Cost of Lobster Diving in Honduras A Global Community Conversation with Diana Vasquez |
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ELAW Bulletin The Human Cost of Lobster Diving in Honduras A Global Community Conversation with Diana Vasquez |
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Aug 04, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Panama is experiencing the social and environmental impacts of open-pit mining, and ELAW partners at Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) are working hard to ensure that open-pit mining is discontinued and current impacts of ongoing projects are addressed. |
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ELAW Bulletin Panama is experiencing the social and environmental impacts of open-pit mining, and ELAW partners at Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) are working hard to ensure that open-pit mining is discontinued and current impacts of ongoing projects are addressed. |
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Jul 27, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Tanzanian lawyer Tundu Lissu was arrested last week and spent one week behind bars before being released today on bail. Lissu was an ELAW Partner before joining the Tanzanian Parliament in 2010. Lissu is the President of the Tanganyika Law Society, the country's bar association. |
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ELAW Bulletin Tanzanian lawyer Tundu Lissu was arrested last week and spent one week behind bars before being released today on bail. Lissu was an ELAW Partner before joining the Tanzanian Parliament in 2010. Lissu is the President of the Tanganyika Law Society, the country's bar association. |
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Jul 20, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Our partner in Morocco, Dr. Samyra Idlallene, together with the local NGO Association Assalam, hosted a public workshop on issues surrounding sustainable aquaculture. |
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ELAW Bulletin Our partner in Morocco, Dr. Samyra Idlallene, together with the local NGO Association Assalam, hosted a public workshop on issues surrounding sustainable aquaculture. |
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Jul 13, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW Bulletins, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian have reported on the courageous work of ELAW partner Lottie Cunningham to defend the Miskito and others from violence "fueled by the promise of cheap virgin land, precious timber and gold, which has lured people to the lush tropical rainforests." (The Guardian, 3/1/17) |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW Bulletins, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian have reported on the courageous work of ELAW partner Lottie Cunningham to defend the Miskito and others from violence "fueled by the promise of cheap virgin land, precious timber and gold, which has lured people to the lush tropical rainforests." (The Guardian, 3/1/17) |
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Jun 28, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Every year, ELAW partners at Environment People Law (EPL) in Ukraine travel to the Carpathian Mountains to conduct a summer school to help promising young advocates hone skills to protect communities and the environment. This year's summer school focused on protecting the climate. |
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ELAW Bulletin Every year, ELAW partners at Environment People Law (EPL) in Ukraine travel to the Carpathian Mountains to conduct a summer school to help promising young advocates hone skills to protect communities and the environment. This year's summer school focused on protecting the climate. |
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Jun 26, 2017
ELAW Bulltin Last year was the deadliest year on record for human rights defenders, with 281 reported murders (Front Line Defenders). Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, denounces these "deliberate attacks to eliminate those who are trying to protect their land and their traditions." |
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ELAW Bulltin Last year was the deadliest year on record for human rights defenders, with 281 reported murders (Front Line Defenders). Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, denounces these "deliberate attacks to eliminate those who are trying to protect their land and their traditions." |
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Jun 22, 2017
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to introduce our new ELAW Fellow, Diana Vasquez from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Diana is a marine biologist and Executive Director at Centro de Estudios Marinos (Center for Marine Ecology, CEM). |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to introduce our new ELAW Fellow, Diana Vasquez from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Diana is a marine biologist and Executive Director at Centro de Estudios Marinos (Center for Marine Ecology, CEM). |
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Jun 16, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Lake Chapala is under siege from polluting industries, agricultural run-off, and over-appropriation of water for industrial use -- shortchanging residents and visitors. IDEA has worked tirelessly, for decades, to make community voices heard in efforts to protect the watershed. |
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ELAW Bulletin Lake Chapala is under siege from polluting industries, agricultural run-off, and over-appropriation of water for industrial use -- shortchanging residents and visitors. IDEA has worked tirelessly, for decades, to make community voices heard in efforts to protect the watershed. |
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Jun 07, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW summer interns and visiting Fellow Zuzana Caputova |
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ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW summer interns and visiting Fellow Zuzana Caputova |
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Jun 05, 2017
ELAW Bulletin In 2015, 195 nations signed the Paris Agreement, and committed to working together to prevent catastrophic climate change by capping global temperature rise at 2 degrees celsius above pre-Industrial levels. ELAW U.S. is shocked and disappointed by the decision of the Trump Administration to leave the Paris Agreement. |
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ELAW Bulletin In 2015, 195 nations signed the Paris Agreement, and committed to working together to prevent catastrophic climate change by capping global temperature rise at 2 degrees celsius above pre-Industrial levels. ELAW U.S. is shocked and disappointed by the decision of the Trump Administration to leave the Paris Agreement. |
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Jun 01, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is collaborating with partners in Kenya to help communities challenge a massive port project and coal-fired power plant proposed for Lamu, a UN World Heritage Site and Kenya's first Swahili settlement. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is collaborating with partners in Kenya to help communities challenge a massive port project and coal-fired power plant proposed for Lamu, a UN World Heritage Site and Kenya's first Swahili settlement. |
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May 19, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in the Dominican Republic are using a novel approach to protect the natural beauty of their Caribbean nation. This week, the Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (INSAPROMA) launched the Environmental Education Campaign with Musical Rhythm, with popular singers donating songs with environmental themes. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in the Dominican Republic are using a novel approach to protect the natural beauty of their Caribbean nation. This week, the Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (INSAPROMA) launched the Environmental Education Campaign with Musical Rhythm, with popular singers donating songs with environmental themes. |
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May 09, 2017
ELAW Bulletin A Global Community Conversation with Zuzana Čaputová. |
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ELAW Bulletin A Global Community Conversation with Zuzana Čaputová. |
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May 05, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Help ELAW Meet Our $10,000 GiveBIG Challenge! |
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ELAW Bulletin Help ELAW Meet Our $10,000 GiveBIG Challenge! |
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May 02, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Good news from South Africa - a court nullified agreements the government negotiated with Russia, the United States, and South Korea to develop South Africa's nuclear power program! |
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ELAW Bulletin Good news from South Africa - a court nullified agreements the government negotiated with Russia, the United States, and South Korea to develop South Africa's nuclear power program! |
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Apr 20, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Good news from Mexico - the Dragon Mart development project has been canceled forever! |
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ELAW Bulletin Good news from Mexico - the Dragon Mart development project has been canceled forever! |
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Apr 12, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Rahul Choudhary and his colleagues at the Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment (LIFE), have filed a petition on behalf of Ridhima Pandey, seeking to protect the climate. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Rahul Choudhary and his colleagues at the Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment (LIFE), have filed a petition on behalf of Ridhima Pandey, seeking to protect the climate. |
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Apr 05, 2017
ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to welcome Goldman Prize winner Zuzana Caputova to Eugene, where she will participate in a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. Zuzana is an attorney at Via Iuris, Slovakia's leading grassroots environmental organization. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to welcome Goldman Prize winner Zuzana Caputova to Eugene, where she will participate in a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. Zuzana is an attorney at Via Iuris, Slovakia's leading grassroots environmental organization. |
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Mar 24, 2017
Developers are proposing to build what would be East Africa's first coal-fired power plant, in Lamu, a UN World Heritage site on Kenya's north coast. In November, ELAW partners at Save Lamu filed a case to block the project. |
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Developers are proposing to build what would be East Africa's first coal-fired power plant, in Lamu, a UN World Heritage site on Kenya's north coast. In November, ELAW partners at Save Lamu filed a case to block the project. |
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Mar 16, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to ELAW partners at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) who have worked for more than 20 years to protect communities and waterways from toxic tannery emissions. |
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ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to ELAW partners at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) who have worked for more than 20 years to protect communities and waterways from toxic tannery emissions. |
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Mar 10, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Around the globe, grassroots advocates are being killed, imprisoned, and threatened because of their work. We must work together to Defend the Defenders. Our work is challenging, but we are inspired by the world's leading grassroots defenders, including Alfred Brownell from Liberia who nearly lost his life facing down government and corporations. |
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ELAW Bulletin Around the globe, grassroots advocates are being killed, imprisoned, and threatened because of their work. We must work together to Defend the Defenders. Our work is challenging, but we are inspired by the world's leading grassroots defenders, including Alfred Brownell from Liberia who nearly lost his life facing down government and corporations. |
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Mar 09, 2017
ELAW Bulletin We congratulate CER for obtaining a very important decision today from the Gauteng Division of the High Court that requires the Minister of Environmental Affairs to reconsider the environmental authorization issued for the Thabametsi coal-fired power plant, and directs the Minister to consider climate impacts in evaluating the proposed project. |
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ELAW Bulletin We congratulate CER for obtaining a very important decision today from the Gauteng Division of the High Court that requires the Minister of Environmental Affairs to reconsider the environmental authorization issued for the Thabametsi coal-fired power plant, and directs the Minister to consider climate impacts in evaluating the proposed project. |
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Feb 27, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is hosting visitors from more than 45 countries for the 2017 ELAW Annual International Meeting and side events (February 26 - March 2) followed by the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC, March 2 - 5).
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is hosting visitors from more than 45 countries for the 2017 ELAW Annual International Meeting and side events (February 26 - March 2) followed by the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC, March 2 - 5).
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Feb 13, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at ECOLEX have worked for more than 10 years to help the Afro-Ecuadorian community of La Chiquita and the indigenous peoples of Guadualito protect the Chocó rainforests and rivers from polluting palm oil operations. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at ECOLEX have worked for more than 10 years to help the Afro-Ecuadorian community of La Chiquita and the indigenous peoples of Guadualito protect the Chocó rainforests and rivers from polluting palm oil operations. |
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Jan 24, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Tech strategy and support at ELAW got a big boost when Encore Fellow Michael Fuller joined our team last September! |
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ELAW Bulletin Tech strategy and support at ELAW got a big boost when Encore Fellow Michael Fuller joined our team last September! |
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Jan 19, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Effective January 16, the Government of Nepal prohibits the import, distribution, and sale of children's toys contaminated by 12 toxic chemicals, including cadmium, mercury, arsenic, phthalates, and lead. |
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ELAW Bulletin Effective January 16, the Government of Nepal prohibits the import, distribution, and sale of children's toys contaminated by 12 toxic chemicals, including cadmium, mercury, arsenic, phthalates, and lead. |
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Jan 12, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Hungarian lawyer Tamás Börcsök enjoyed smooth sailing from Budapest to San Francisco, but winter weather in Eugene delayed the arrival of our ELAW Fellow by two days! |
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ELAW Bulletin Hungarian lawyer Tamás Börcsök enjoyed smooth sailing from Budapest to San Francisco, but winter weather in Eugene delayed the arrival of our ELAW Fellow by two days! |
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Jan 05, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners achieved tremendous victories in 2016. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners achieved tremendous victories in 2016. |
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