Renee Gift (Associate) holds a Master of Laws in Environment & Natural Resources from the Lewis and Clark Law School, Oregon in the United States. Ms. Gift has extensive knowledge on environmental and natural resources management issues from both a legal and technical perspective. She has worked with a number of environmental institutions in the United States including the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) in Washington, D.C and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) in Portland, Oregon .