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Participating Organizations

Argentina

The Center for Human Rights and Environment is a nonprofit organization working to build a more harmonious relationship between human communities and the environment. The Center's advocates for victims of human rights violations caused by environmental degradation.

Canada

Ecojustice is a national charity that protects and restores the Canadian environment through the law.

Chile

The Office of the Environment is a nonprofit organization that works to apply the law to protect Chile's natural heritage.

Costa Rica

The Center for Environmental and Natural Resources is a nonprofit organization that is working to use the law to transform environmental stewardship, with the goal of creating a more sustainable, equitable, and just society.

Ecuador

ECOLEX is an information service for the environmental law community working to build capacity worldwide by providing a comprehensive, international repository of reference materials - treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature.

Mexico

The Mexican Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit organization that leverages the legal system to defend Mexico's environment and natural resources. AIDA shares office space with CEMDA at its national headquarters in Mexico City.

Peru

The Peruvian Society for Environmental Law is a nonprofit organization that works to integrate environmental considerations into national development policies, with the goal of creating a sustainable and just society that respects the environment.

United States

Founded in 1971 as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice is one of the oldest and most successful environmental law firms in the United States. Earthjustice provides AIDA with office space within the International Program at its national headquarters in Oakland, California.

Costa Rica

Justicia para la Naturaleza (JPN) es una organización no gubernamental sin fines de lucro, constituida en 1989 y localizada en San José, Costa Rica. Brinda un servicio integral de defensa del ambiente a comunidades ciudadanos, empresas, y otras organizaciones e instituciones afines.