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AJE · Environmental justice · Senegal
Protecting the planet
defending communities
Facing environmental damage, AJE mobilises the law, education and advocacy for a healthy, protected environment, today and for future generations.
2017
year founded
03
programme focus areas
16
partners & supporters
10+
communities supported
Our fights
Three fronts for environmental justice
Conservation and Energy Transition
Raising awareness and taking action to protect natural resources while encouraging a transition towards clean, renewable energy.
Climate and Environmental Litigation
Supporting communities affected by environmental damage by using the law as a lever, and promoting access to environmental justice.
In the field
Bargny, Bandia, the coastline: documenting and taking action
From the Bandia quarries to the Bargny communities facing energy infrastructure, AJE documents impacts, trains citizens and brings cases before the courts.
AJE Library
The law in open access
Free access to official documents on governance, the environment and urban planning.
Gouvernance extractive2023
Environnement2023
Law No. 2023-15 on the Environmental Code
Le texte de référence encadrant la protection de l’environnement au Sénégal.
Collectivités2021
Code général des collectivités territoriales (texte consolidé, December 2021)
Cadre juridique de la décentralisation et des collectivités.
Environnement2020
Loi N°2020-04 relative à la réduction de l’incidence des produits plastiques
Preventing and reducing plastic pollution.
Gouvernance extractive2019
Loi N°2019-04 relative au Contenu Local dans le secteur des hydrocarbures
Rules on local content in the hydrocarbons sector.
Gouvernance extractive2017
Décret N°2017-459 fixant les modalités d’application de la loi n°2016-32 portant Code minier
Implementing rules of Senegal’s Mining Code.
Environnement2009
Loi N°2009-27 du 8 July 2009 portant sur la biosécurité
National framework for biosafety and biodiversity.
Urbanisme2009
Décret n°2009-1450 du 30 December 2009 portant partie réglementaire du Code de l’Urbanisme
Regulatory part of the Urban Planning Code.
Our partners
News
Latest news from the front
News
7 August 2026
Contentieux environnemental au Sénégal : entre injustices, recours et documentation des atteintes
Comment garantir le droit à un environnement sain lorsque les communautés peinent encore à faire entendre leur voix…
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Our volunteers: the front line of environmental justice
Étudiants, juristes en devenir, riverains : depuis 2017, les volontaires d’AJE font le lien entre le droit écrit…
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8 July 2026
Energy justice in Senegal: an inclusive dialogue with engineering students at ESEA
Dakar, August 2025 — Faced with the growing challenges of climate change and unequal access to energy, Action…
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8 July 2026
Senegal adopts a new Environmental Code: a crucial step towards lasting environmental justice
Dakar, August 2025 — In response to pressing environmental challenges and the need to safeguard its heritage…
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8 July 2026
AJE takes part in a business and human rights workshop in Abidjan
From 18 to 20 June 2025, Action for Environmental Justice (AJE) took part in a workshop…
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