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Rugemeleza Nshala - ELAW Interview Series
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: May 14 09
Witnessed: 1780 times
Regions: Tanzania, United Republic of
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Environment, Sanitation
Tags: corporations, ELAW, Environment, preservation, wildlife
Rugemeleza Nshala is a Tanzanian lawyer with the Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) where he works to defend the public interest against encroaching territorial exploitation by multinational corporations. In this interview, Rugemeleza outlines the various environmental and public interest issues affecting Tanzania, from failing wildlife preservation programs to a foreign sector monopoly of the national mining industry. Rugemeleza also articulates an argument that challenges anyone who still believes that widespread environmental degradation is not a violation of one’s personal human rights.
MORE ON TANZANIA:
-Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT)
-Tanzania Natural Resource Forum
-Tanzanian Environmental Management Act, 2004
-ISS: Civil Unrest Drives Illegal Trade in Wildlife Products
-Mount Meru Millers Ordered to Close Down(Along with Karibu Textile Mill)
-Protest Barrick (Tanzanian Gold Mining)
-Tanzanian Activists want Barrick Gold Mine Closed to Aid Probe
Text by WITNESS intern Dave Taub
[Thanks to our amazing team of interns that made these interviews possible!]
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