By Florencia Ortúzar, AIDA attorney On December 8 th , one of the last pristine places on the planet, Patagonia, lost one of its greatest protectors...read more
Coral reefs, Public Participation | 26 January 2016
By Camila Cossio, former AIDA intern During my internship in AIDA’s San Jose office, I met up one day with a friend from the States for lunch. She...read more
Climate Change, Human Rights, Public Participation | 26 September 2015
Across Latin America, and the world, communities are facing the severe effects of a changing climate. As floods destroy ancestral homes, and droughts...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Climate Change, Public Participation | 15 September 2015
As changes in climate become more extreme, their affects are being hardest felt throughout developing countries. Since 1994, the United Nations...read more
Climate Change, Public Participation | 4 August 2015
There are two texts you should read because you live on this planet, two texts that will reconnect you with the Earth. You should read them because...read more
The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) calls on the Member States of the Ramsar Convention to effectively protect wetlands in...read more
“How do I explain do my son that to be a landowner will soon mean to be an employee?” asked a woman who may soon lose her land because of the...read more
Capacity Building, Public Participation | 15 February 2015
We all must leave a legacy , my grandfather said. For him – beyond being loving husbands and wives, committed parents, responsible children, faithful...read more
Capacity Building, Climate Change, Fracking, Public Participation, Toxic Pollution | 27 October 2014
“Fracking” is short for hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract oil and natural gas from historically inaccessible reservoirs. Fracking is...read more
