About Us
The Academy’s aims focus on research and teaching in environmental law. A major focus of the Academy is thus on encouraging the development of collaborative research programs between member institutions. This involves collaborative and inter-disciplinary research on the operation and development of environmental law.  This also includes conference and publication activities designed to stimulate the exchange and dissemination of environmental law research.  

The Academy is promoting various activities to enhance teaching capacities in environmental legal education in universities and related institutions, such as the United Nations Environment Programme, focusing on developing countries and economies in transition. This involves the preparation of environmental law curricula, the conduct of “training the trainers programs”, the development of electronic teaching materials, on-line teaching, and other forms of web-based learning.

By defining the concepts that need to emerge for law to help organize human society to overcome environmental problems, the Academy seeks to advance ecologically  sustainable development the objectives of the United Nations’ Agenda 21,  the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation  and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.     The new conceptual law proposals will be provided to IUCN’s Environmental Law Programme for further analysis and strategic implementation.
The Academy will increasingly work with the  IUCN Commission of Environmental Law and its Specialist Groups by providing research collaboration through its institutional members.