FIELD training event. © FIELD.
In 2010/11, The Rufford Foundation provided a grant of £20,000 to FIELD.
The Rufford Foundation’s continued support for core costs was very helpful for FIELD. Core funding supports FIELD’s work as a whole - for example, it has helped FIELD to fundraise for projects on issues such as biodiversity.
The Rufford Foundation funding also helped to maintain FIELD’s Internship Programme, which trains volunteer lawyers from all over the world. The Internship Programme is increasingly important, as international environmental law becomes more and more complicated. New international agreements are being developed and existing ones, such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, evolve and become increasingly complex. Countries, civil society organisations and affected people need to understand how international environmental law works and how it can be used to promote environmental protection and sustainable development. FIELD’s Internship Programme has a long track record and we are very pleased that many past interns now hold senior positions in governments and elsewhere.
