Leo Saldana

Leo F. Saldanha is full-time Coordinator of Environment Support Group (ESG). He has gained wide-ranging experience in the areas of Environmental Law and Policy, Decentralisation, Urban Planning and a variety of Human Rights and Development related issues, working across many sectors for over a decade. He is a keen campaigner on critical environmental and social justice issues and has guided several campaigns demanding evolution of progressive laws and effectiv action. He has creatively supported various distressed communities to secure justice through public interest litigations and advocacy efforts. He has argued as party in person several public interest litigations, many of which have resulted in remarkable judgments.

One of the more important court cases his organization initiated is to do with Monsanto and its Indian partner Mahyco, and a possible violation of an Indian law that could amount to biopiracy.

I had called him to learn more about it, and have converted the first part of that talk into a short video clip and an 11 minute podcast, linked at the bottom of this page. You can also find the podcast on iTunes. Search “Tony Mitra” for my podcasts. The rest of the conversation will come up in subsequent parts.

Leo Salndana of ESG, Part 1

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