Centro di Documentazione sui Conflitti Ambientali

About Centro di Documentazione sui Conflitti Ambientali :

The CDCA, Documentation Centre on Environmental Conflicts was created in 2007 as an activity of the Italian association ASud to document and research the growing phenomenon of environmental conflicts. CDCA maps, researches and monitors on a daily basis environmental conflicts in the world through direct collection of information from local civil society organisations involved in the conflicts. By offering first-hand information and localised data, the CDCA plans to spur public interest and discussion in Italy and the EU about policies carried out by International financial institutions, and issues of social justice – by giving voice to the local communities and social movements who often have little access to mainstream media.

Their role in Entitle:

CDCA will train Entitle fellows in working with – and for – civil society organizations. CDCA is also coordinating the preparation of a political ecology manual for environmental justice organizations, formulating the key ideas and results of the Entitle project in ways useful to environmental activists. CDCA’s experienced stage researcher studies oil conflicts in the Peruvian Amazon with the use of participatory GIS.