It should be considered at any point when negotiations are possible. This fact sheet answers common questions about the use of ADR in enforcement actions and describes how to use ADR in your case. Additionally, this fact sheet includes a short bibliography of ADR guidances and reports published by the EPA and a listing of ADR contacts in EPA's Regional Offices and Headquarters. The office is responsible for ADR policy matters, ADR training, assisting lawyers in selecting the right cases for dispute resolution, and finding appropriate neutrals to serve as mediators, arbitrators, and neutral evaluators. The office also coordinates the Interagency ADR Working Group, an organization that promotes the use of ADR throughout federal executive branch agencies.
ICE intends to provide a common basis and method to looking at issues of conflict and environment.
What you will find on this site is case studies of international environmental disputes that include a case background, the environmental aspects of the case, the conflict aspect, and other related information. Among the ways the cases can be accessed are by geographical region, country, conflict type, environmental problem, or by using the search engine to search by keyword. At this site find abstracts of core literature drawn from environmental dispute resolution publications, environmental issue papers representing a variety of contemporary national and regional environmental conflicts, an environmental disputes and problem solving case studies database, as well as a searchable database of related Internet resources and numerous online environmental publications. The site also provides an online catalog, with abstracts, of their environmental dispute resolution publications and a listing of upcoming professional development courses and workshops. The site will be offering online Conference Centers to host public and private discussions of environmental dispute resolution issues.