A healthy environment is critical to public health, ecosystem vitality, and the sustainability of societies. A majority of countries have endorsed this view and adopted environmental laws or included the right to a healthy environment in their constitutions. However, practice often lags behind the adoption of environmental laws, and to date, there have been very little data to … [Read more...] about The new cross-country assessment that measures environmental governance in practice in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sarah Chamness Long
Sarah Chamness Long is the Director for Access to Justice Research at the World Justice Project (WJP), where she leads the WJP’s thematic research on civil justice and environmental governance. Ms. Long has also managed the production of the WJP Rule of Law Index and the administration of the WJP’s General Population Poll in 126 countries, as well as monitoring and evaluation efforts for 90 WJP seed grants in 60 countries. Prior to her time at the WJP, Ms. Long held a number of program management and research roles with The SEEP Network, The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program, and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). Ms. Long holds an MSc. in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in French Language and Literatures from the University of Maryland.

Sarah Chamness Long
Sarah Chamness Long is the Director for Access to Justice Research at the World Justice Project (WJP), where she leads the WJP’s thematic research on civil justice and environmental governance. Ms. Long has also managed the production of the WJP Rule of Law Index and the administration of the WJP’s General Population Poll in 126 countries, as well as monitoring and evaluation efforts for 90 WJP seed grants in 60 countries. Prior to her time at the WJP, Ms. Long held a number of program management and research roles with The SEEP Network, The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program, and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). Ms. Long holds an MSc. in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in French Language and Literatures from the University of Maryland.