The Environmental Law Research Institute (ELRI) is a think tank for applied legal and policy Institute whose objectives goes beyond research to creating awareness and increasing understanding of environmental laws to the  public towards finding practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives. Because ELRI recognizes that  people are inspired by ideas, empowered by knowledge, and moved to change by greater understanding, it seeks to provide — and helps other institutions provide—objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster sound environmentally and socially equitable development

Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

As such ELRI organizes its work around three key programmatic areas:

• Capacity building & Governance:
  Empowering people and supporting institutions to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable decision-making.

• Research:
  The Institute’s research and policy focus aims to conduct sectoral analysis of all institutions whether public or private with the view to   produce reports and policy recommendations on critical areas of environmental governance and protection.

• Information Dissemination:
  Publish news and information that will create awareness on environmental issues that seeks to change the orientation and attitude of people and institutions view environmental and development issues.