DEFEND THE ENVIROMENT
ቁም ለአካባቢ
We strive for the environmental justice !!!
ለአካባቢያዊ ፍትህ እንተጋለን !!!
Who we are
Defend the Environment is a board-led Civic Society Organization – CSO established to defend the environment via various strategies and mechanisms, and through environmental public interest litigation with the specific goal of realizing a clean, healthy, safe, and secured environment.
What we do
We engage in litigating by defending the environment before a court of law and administrative organs. We also prompt and inform policy and law makers, courts, and the media to be conscious of Environmental concerns in their decision-making process.
Environmental Justice
Pollution Control
Natural Resource Conservation
Environmental Rights Advocacy
Climate Sustainability
Environmental Safety and Health
Our Partners
Organizational Membership
Testimonials
“Defend the Environment (DTE) is a new environmental CSO in the relatively long history of CSOs in Ethiopia. Within these short times, DE took courageous actions in the field of environmental protection,
Dr. Mellese Damte Dandi, Environmentalist, Associate Prof. of Law, Addis Ababa University
“IMAGINE for a moment, working and living down the street from a place of business that dumps unknown byproducts into a neighboring riverway and releases foul-smelling odors into the air above.
Michael Yimesgen, JD & MAEd, Victim of the Pollution
