The Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (IIDMA- International Institute for Law and the Environment) is a non-profit organization registered in Spain and established on December of 1996 to contribute to environmental protection and to promote sustainable development through the study, development and effective implementation of environmental law. The Institute emphasizes an international and multidisciplinary approach in its activities. IIDMA is accredited to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) since 1998. In 2001 it was declared of public utility by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and it is registered as a cooperation to development NGO at the Spanish Agency for Cooperation to Development. |