GFDD and FUNGLODE Receive Donation From the John D. & Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will receive a donation from the John D. & Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation to provide training to judges in the area of environmental law in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Training sessions will be implemented during the course of three years, beginning January 2008 and ending December 2010. During this period a curriculum will be
devised, developed and adapted to each country with the objective of furthering the judicial community’s knowledge of environmental matters in order to increase environmental awareness and conservation, and support and strengthen work currently being carried-out by local institutions in this area.

 

Materials related to the protection of natural resources and biodiversity will be developed in Spanish, English and French. The
manuals produced as a result of this program will be circulated throughout the legal community and will serve as important reference tool.

 

The first sessions will take place at FUNGLODE Headquarters in Santo Domingo with the participation of judges from the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, who will then utilize the knowledge gained in the sessions to ensure that legal protections pertaining to biodiversity, conservation
management, forestry, land use and contamination control be upheld and applied.

 

This project will be realized in collaboration with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, DC, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), la Escuela Nacional de Judicatura en República Dominicana (the National School of Judicial Studies in the Dominican Republic), the Norman Manley School of Law of Jamaica, and
Konbit Pou Ayiti (KONPAY) in Haiti.

 

As part of their commitment to environmental protection, GFDD and FUNGLODE develop national and international projects and organize conferences and forums designed to promote awareness and improved understanding of environmental issues.

 

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