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EarthRights International

$315,000Active Strategy

2012 (Duration 3 years)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — EarthRights International (ERI) combines the power of law and force of local participation in defense of human rights and the environment, with specific attention to holding corporations, financial institutions, and governments accountable for social and environmental practices. The project supports a growing network of public interest lawyers and community leaders in the Mekong River Basin that contributes to enhanced public participation in decision-making and reduction in construction of destructive dam building.
$100,000Active Strategy

2011 (Inactive Grant)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To support the Save the Mekong Coalition (over one year).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded EarthRights International $415,000 between 2009 and 2012.