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Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Information
  • International Law
  • Sustainable Development
  • Trade and Development
  • Water

    • Public Administration:
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

    • Social Development:
  • Indigenous issues
  • Social policy

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Biodiversity
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • International law
  • Marine Resources
  • Mining
  • Oceans and seas
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Trade and environment
    • Geographic scope: Regional
  • North America
  • Latin America and Caribbean
    • Country of activity:
  • Peru
  • El Salvador
  • Ecuador
  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Panama
  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • Nicaragua
  • Colombia
  • Brazil
  • Uruguay
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Honduras
  • Costa Rica
  • United States of America
  • Guatemala
  • Paraguay
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Belize
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1998
    Organizational structure: Executive Director: • Gladys Martínez de Lemos, Executive Director. San Jose, Costa Rica. Offices: • Bogotá, Colombia • Lima, Perú. • Mexico City, Mexico • San Francisco, CA, USA • San José, Costa Rica Board of Directors: • President: Rafael González, Costa Rica (Member of Board of Directors, University of Costa Rica) • Vice-President: Manolo Morales, Ecuador (Executive Director, ECOLEX) • Secretary: Margot Venton, Canada (Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice) • Chief Financial Officer Martin Wagner, USA. (Director, Earthjustice International Program) • Fernando Dougnac, Chile (President, FIMA) • Gustavo Alanís, México. (Executive Director, CEMDA) • Jerónimo Rodriguez, Colombia (Sub-director, Alexander Von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute) • Pedro Solano (Executive Director SPDA). • Rolando Castro, Costa Rica. (Executive Director, CEDARENA) Participating Organizations: AIDA is a nonprofit environmental law organization that works across international borders in close coordination with nine participating organizations throughout the hemisphere. These organizations are: • Argentina – Centro de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente, CEDHA • Canada – Ecojustice • Chile –Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente, FIMA • Costa Rica –Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales, CEDARENA • Costa Rica –Justicia para la Naturaleza, JPN • Ecuador - Corporación de Gestión y Derecho Ambiental, ECOLEX • México –Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, CEMDA • Panamá -Centro de Incidencia Ambiental de Panamá, CIAM • Perú –Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, SPDA • United States – Earthjustice
    Number and type of members: AIDA is not a membership-based organization and has no members.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: • Climate Action Network • Coalición Internacional de Organizaciones por los Derechos Humanos en las Américas • ConSOC Mexico • International Committee on Dams, Rivers and People • ELAW • IFIs en la Mira • REDLAR •Red por la Justicia Ambiental en Colom
    Funding structure:
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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