“We call for the recognition of the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth in order to guarantee that the biosphere and its inhabitants are protected for sustainability and ecological balance.” – Blue Pavilion Final Declaration
The Global Alliance for Rights of Nature delegation to the Rio+20 Earth Summit were active participants in the People’s Summit which ran parallel to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The Blue Pavilion was a section of the People’s Summit at which we were most active.
The Blue Pavilion hosted water related sessions based on the following 5 plenary themes: Right to Water; Water as a Common; Water, Agriculture and Food Sovereignty; Water, Energy, Extractivism; and Water management, work, new paradigms .
Final Declarations from the Rio+20 Conference (Entitled The Future We Want), the Peoples Summit, Kari-Oca II Indigenous Gathering, and the Blue Pavilion included supporting statements for Rights of Nature/Rights of Mother Earth.
The following is the Final Declaration from the Blue Pavilion.