Huge areas of Ecuadorian land should be protected from mining under Rights of Nature, finds Sussex research
Article by Jessica Gowers for University of Sussex. New research has identified a further 16,000km2 of biodiverse land which should be legally protected from mining concessions, following the Rights of Nature precedent set by the successful case of Los Cedros. Rights of Nature...
Tribute to François Houtard
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature wants to pay tribute to François Houtart (7 March 1925 in Brussels, Belgium – 6 June 2017 in Quito, Ecuador), Belgian marxist sociologist and Catholic priest who advocated for human rights and...
Earth law update – April 27, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation Here is the latest update on Earth law developments: The United Nations (UN) Harmony with Nature Programme has launched its Knowledge Network, an online platform which will host a series of inter-disciplinary dialogues between practitioners,...
Recognizing the Rights of Nature and the Living Forest
By Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International During COP21 U.N. climate negotiations and actions by the climate justice movement in Paris, two truly transformational ideas were presented that challenge dominant destructive paradigms and instead offer deep...
Finally Being Heard: The Great Barrier Reef and the International Rights of Nature Tribunal
By Michelle Maloney, PhD, Australian Earth Laws Alliance In January 2014, the newly created International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature and Mother Earth (‘the Tribunal’) sat for the first time in Quito, Ecuador. The Tribunal, created by international civil...
Natalia Greene on Politics of Rights of Nature in Ecuador
Natalia Greene was interviewed by Melissa Arias, F&ES ’15 of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Notes on her presentation: As part of a major restructuring of the country’s legal framework, in 2008 Ecuador adopted a new Constitution...
Remembering Jose Tendetza
Fuente CEDHU Semblanza … José Tendetza Líder indígena de la nacionalidad Shuar de la cordillera del Cóndor ubicada al sur de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Habitante ancestral de la zona donde una empresa china está construyendo la mina de cobre llamada...
