Environmental Association for Latin America (EALA) is a nature conservation organization with activities in Costa Rica and Colombia, and occasionally in other countries in Latin America. 

EALA is registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the National Registry of San José, Costa Rica. 

From 1992 until 2007, EALA has worked under the name of Latin America Environmental Society (LAES).

               
                      Squirrel monkeys in costarican forest

Main aim of EALA is to stimulate and guide nature conservation projects, including the legal aspects thereof.

EALA provides information about the current threats to the nature and environment in countries of Latin America. We name a few:

- the uncontrolled development of coastal areas, the expanding cultivation of pineapple, the open-pit gold mining projects, etc. 

- the threats to sea turtles and their nesting beaches, the cruel killing of sharks, etc.

- the expansion, at the cost of nature, of "green deserts" for growing african palm, soja and sugarcane, increasingly for biofuels.

- the conversion of forested areas to eucalyptus and pine plantations.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICA  

Amsterdam,                  La Gamba,
The Netherlands           Costa Rica