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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Natural Justice
Mercantile Building
63 Hout Street
Cape Town 8000
South Africa
Email: harry@naturaljustice.org.za
Website: www.naturaljustice.org.za
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
Natural Justice is a not-for-profit organization providing communities with a range of legal expertise
to promote their involvement in protecting and managing the environment.
According to the principle that any person who will be affected by a decision should be involved in
the decision making process, Natural Justice aims to put communities at the heart of implementing
the Convention on Biological Diversity, its related international instruments and domestic laws.
It works with communities to achieve: conservation of biological diversity
-sustainable use of the environment
-fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of natural resources.
Legal empowerment involves providing information, training and representing communities to develop their
capacity to influence the formation and implementation of environmental law. Natural Justice
also works on issues of governance and access to justice, assisting communities to meet modern challenges
and wherever possible to resolve their own disputes.
Natural Justice is based in South Africa and currently focuses on access and benefit sharing law, engaging
with communities and policy makers at the interface between customary law and
environmental regulations.
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