During the life of the EnDefense Program, it became apparent that environmental case litigation is ultimately affected not only by court rules and procedures, but more significantly, by the substantive policies legislated by Congress or issued by the Executive.
Hence, the learnings and gains from this program are necessary to be monitored and evaluated to gauge its impacts to the communities and environment and document communities’ and partners’ experiences so that lessons may be used for policy advocacy and/or negotiation process for the protection and conservation of natural resources in the country.
