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This week, 28 February – 4 March, the IUCN Academy is conducting its first course on Advanced Training the Teachers in Wuhan, China. The five-day course has been developed by a team from the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, in close partnership with the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL) at Wuhan University.

The course is being led by a team from the IUCN Academy and from RIEL. Professor Rob Fowler of the University of South Australia (and Chair of the Governing Board), Professor Ben Boer of the University of Sydney and Professor Mark Latham of Vermont Law School (USA) represent the IUCN Academy. Professor Wang Shuyi, Professor Qin Tianbao, Professor Li Zhiping and Professor Zhou Ke represent RIEL. RIEL has provided financial support for the course. Vermont Law School is also partnering with the Academy to design and deliver the course in China, and has been provided with financial support by USAID for this project.

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The course has 24 participants from 20 different cities across China. These two photos include the official photo of the course participants, instructors and hosts at Wuhan taken just after the opening ceremony at the law school at Wuhan University and the unveiling of the official plaque with Professor Wang Shuyi, Director of RIEL, Professor Xie Hongxing, Vice-President of Wuhan University, and Rob Fowler and Ben Boer, IUCN Academy course leaders

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Over the past year, the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law has developed the “Training the Teachers” Program, with a view to delivering the course in China, Colombia, Indonesia and India.

The course has been designed to be offered at two levels: a Basic course for legal academics who have not previously taught environmental law; and an Advanced course that will prepare legal academics who already teach environmental law to deliver the basic course to colleagues in their country or region who have not previously taught environmental law. The objectives of this initiative are:

- to increase the capacity to teach environmental law within law schools in developing countries where such capacity currently is lacking or is inadequate, by providing expert training to law professors who have limited or no experience in the teaching of environmental law.

- to support, through building capacity in relation to the teaching of environmental law, the implementation and enforcement of environmental law by widening the knowledge and understanding of environmental law amongst legally-trained professionals

Participants to this program will acquired or improve the skills and knowledge require to design and deliver a high quality course in environmental law within their law school’s law degree or program and in other institutions.

The second issue (2011:1) of the IUCN Academy eJournal is now available on this website. The main theme of the eJournal considers the multiple dimensions of the developing application of rights-based claims, as they pertain to the environment. The issue features four major articles, 24 country reports and a book review.


We are inviting our member institutions to submit proposals to host the annual colloquium, as of 2013. The Academy's Governing Board has agreed that we should seek expressions of interest from potential host institutions for future colloquia, for the 2013 Colloquium onwards.

Please find attached the Call for Expressions of Interest for those member institutions that wish to be considered as hosts of the 2013 or 2014 colloquia. The selection will be undertaken by the Governing Board.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 April, 2011 so that a decision about the location of the 2013 and 2014 events can be announced at our July 2011 Colloquium in South Africa.

The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a university-level course on “Compliance and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements” in December 2010. Recognizing that MEAs will only be effective if they are properly implemented and enforced, the two organizations have worked together to create these materials. You can access the full set of PowerPoint slides and a lecturer’s manual on the Academy website.

The IUCN Academy Secretariat announces the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Scholarship in Environment and Sustainability for 2012.

The Scholarship was established as part of donation to the University of Ottawa to assist the University’s commitment to supporting the goals of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. The Scholarship will be available for one year to a master’s student or for two one-year periods for a doctoral student pursuing graduate studies at the University of Ottawa (not restricted to Law).

The Scholarship will be awarded in accordance with the Donor’s non-exclusive preference that the Scholarship be used to support students from developing countries and from member institutions of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law.

The deadline for applications for our second year is 1 March 2012. Details about application requirements and more information about the Law Faculty and the University of Ottawa are available at the link above.

The Academy's 2009-10 Annual Report is now available. This report highlights the Academy's priorities, work program and financial results.

The September 2010 issue of the IUCN Academy's newsletter Legal Earth is now available. You'll find an update on activities of the Academy, profiles of several member institutions and new or forthcoming books on environmental law and policy.