First Rights of Nature Symposium: Driving Rights of Nature into Law
Opportunities, Risks, and Obstacles Friday October 27, 2017 The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), with its International Center for the Rights of Nature, is partnering with Tulane Law School to host the Rights of Nature Symposium: Driving Rights of...
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...
When Rivers Are Granted Legal Status as Persons
Sierra Club history plays a role in recently revived Rights of Nature movement SIERRA, The national magazine of the Sierra Club By Diane Covington-Carter | May 9 2017 Members of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori tribes have always regarded themselves as...
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...
When Rivers Hold Legal Rights
See full article in Earth Island Institute by Shannon Biggs of Movement Rights– April 17, 2017 New Zealand and India recognize personhood for ecosystems Winding its way through dense forest laced with hidden waterfalls, the Whanganui River is the largest...
When Rivers Hold Legal Rights
See full article in Earth Island Institute by Shannon Biggs of Movement Rights– April 17, 2017 New Zealand and India recognize personhood for ecosystems Winding its way through dense forest laced with hidden waterfalls, the Whanganui River is the largest...
UN Harmony With Nature Celebrates International Mother Earth Day April 21 2017
INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON HARMONY WITH NATURE IN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY THEME: EARTH JURISPRUDENCE 21 April 2017, United Nations HQ Event: Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature in commemoration of...
She is alive ~ Recognize Rights of Mother Earth
Sign our petition at http://petition.rightsofmotherearth.com She’s our mother … She’s worth loving … She’s worth protecting … She’s worth defending … You can make a difference. Take action now and be 1 of a million standing for the UN and...
European Parliament in Brussels – Envisioning a world that considers nature’s rights
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 Envisioning a world that considers nature’s rights: An introductory discussion in Europe Press Announcement from IUCN https://www.iucn.org/news/europe/201703/envisioning-world-considers-nature%E2%80%99s-rights-introductory-discussion-europe Enhancing the value of nature can play an important role in addressing some of the planet’s most pressing environmental...
PR: India Court Declares Personhood for Ganga and Yumana Rivers
Mar 24, 2017 CELDF working in India to Recognize Rights of the Ganga River Basin Contact: Mari Margil mmargil@celdf.org MERCERSBURG, PA, USA: On March 20, the High Court of Uttarakhand at Naintal, in the State of Uttarakhand in northern India,...
