Constituyente de Chile reconoce los Derechos de la Naturaleza · Chile recognizes Rights of Nature in Constitutional Assembly
Chile ha dado un gigante paso reconociendo los Derechos de la Naturaleza en la Convención Constitucional, aprobando el siguiente artículo de principios (Art. 9): “Las personas y los pueblos son interdependientes con la naturaleza y forman, con ella, un conjunto...
Universal Declaration of River Rights
From Earth Law Center (ELC) In the first half of 2017, four rivers have been granted legal personhood status, that is, they have been granted the same legal rights as a juristic person. This includes the Whanganui River in New...
1st Great International Assembly of the Alliance of Mother Nature’s Guardians
Assembly to be held in Brasilia, Brazil ~ October 11-17, 2017 The first Great Assembly of the Alliance of Mother Nature’s Guardians will be held in Brasilia from the 11th to 16th of October 2017. Nearly 200 indigenous representatives from...
Colombia Constitutional Court Finds Atrato River Possesses Rights
Press Release: The Court Finds the Atrato Possesses Rights to “Protection, Conservation, Maintenance, and Restoration” Rights of Nature Movement Gaining Ground as Court Declares Need to Move Away from Legal Systems in Which Humans are the “Dominator of Nature” “(I)t...
Earth Law Update – March 2, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has released its judgment in the case of Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v Suriname, nine years after the case was first submitted by Chiefs of the eight Kaliña and...
Earth Law Update – March 2, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has released its judgment in the case of Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v Suriname, nine years after the case was first submitted by Chiefs of the eight Kaliña and...
From Paris with love for lake Poopó
By Pablo Solón, El Observatorio Boliviano de Cambio Climático y “Desarrollo”, 21 December 2015 Lake Poopó becomes a desert while in Paris, governments conclude an agreement they call “historic” to address climate change. Will the Paris Agreement save over 125,000...
Thank you and Congratulations
Winter Newsletter and Thank You Members Greetings Alliance Members, Looking back on 2014, we want to express our deepest gratitude for your partnership, resiliency, creativity, and support. Starting with the launch of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal and our...
