The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) helps communities speak out for clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet. We are a global alliance of attorneys, scientists, and other advocates collaborating across borders to promote grassroots efforts to build a sustainable, just future. ELAW advocates, working in their home countries, know best how to protect the environment. By giving our partners the legal and scientific support they need, ELAW helps challenge environmental abuses and builds a worldwide corps of skilled, committed advocates working to protect ecosystems and communities for generations to come. The key to our strategy is locating strong lawyers who are committed to protecting the environment in their home countries. We collaborate to win big victories at low cost. By empowering our partners, ELAW achieves two key objectives: We help win victories for the environment, and We build lasting, local capacity to defend the global environment.