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Building Public Trust
Transnationals in the community
Many developing countries and economies in transition depend on foreign direct investment and multinational corporations to exploit their natural resources. However, large corporations are not always held accountable for the environmental and social impacts of their operations.
Uganda
Access to Justice in Environmental Issues
FIELD lawyers have advised NGOs, Government institutions and civil servants on greater openness and access to environmental information, especially important in a country as rich as Uganda is in natural resources.
Pacific Islands
Climate Change and Biodiversity
FIELD lawyers have had a long and positive relationship with the small island Pacifc nations. Since helping to create the Association of Small Island States twenty years ago, FIELD lawyers have played a key role helping the islanders get a voice in the Climate Change and Biodiversity Conventions.
Bangkok
Including forests in the new climate deal
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD) has emerged as a hot topic in the international climate change negotiations. Tropical deforestation is estimated to be responsible for roughly a fifth of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.
Kazakhstan
Oil and gas
In a new initiative FIELD lawyers are working across a range of interested parties from Government to investors, oil companies and local communities, exploring how they can set up environmental guidelines and best practice criteria in the new areas of oil and gas exploration.
Nigeria, Chile, Uganda, India, Philippines
Working with Field
Young lawyers from all over the world participate in FIELD’s internship programme. The programme provides its participants with practical training and insight into international legal issues relevant to environmental protection and sustainable development
The Arctic
On the Frontline of Climate Change
The Arctic and its Indigenous Peoples are on the frontline of climate change. Their culture and traditional livelihoods are undergoing signifcant changes.
Ethiopia
Public access to information
There is a considerable lack of openness in many developing countries – particularly those that have come through wars, famines and military regimes. The legal rights of citizens are generally unrecognised by both governments and the population themselves.
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