Alberto Acosta honored with Hans Carl von Carlowitz Award
El Comercio newspaper, Quito November 23, 2017 Read original El Comercio article in Spanish: http://www.elcomercio.com/-premio-albertoacosta-opinion NOTE: The Prize was also received by one of the greatest climate change experts, Professor Joachim Schllenhuber, director of the Climate Research Institute in Potsdam...
Alberto Acosta honored with Hans Carl von Carlowitz Award
El Comercio newspaper, Quito November 23, 2017 Read original El Comercio article in Spanish: http://www.elcomercio.com/-premio-albertoacosta-opinion NOTE: The Prize was also received by one of the greatest climate change experts, Professor Joachim Schllenhuber, director of the Climate Research Institute in Potsdam...
The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
Air Date: Week of November 17, 2017 Environmental lawyers are claiming in court that land, rivers, and other natural features should own themselves rather than being considered property, much like the law already treats corporations as ‘persons.’ The case for...
Movement Rights issues new report for Bonn
Movement Rights in Bonn, Germany Movement Rights is in Bonn Germany with colleagues to present Rights of Nature as an alternative framework for justice and climate rights. Today they are launching their new report for Bonn, Rights of Nature &...
Cuarto Tribunal Internacional de Derechos de la Naturaleza, Bonn, Alemania
LANZAMIENTO INMEDIATO 2 de noviembre 2017 Contacto de prensa: Robert Wager (contacto de prensa) robert@endecocide.eu + 49 160 810 4348 Natalia Greene (Secretaría del Tribunal) nati.greene@gmail.com + 593 9944-3724 BOLETÍN DE PRENSA CUARTO TRIBUNAL INTERNACIONAL DE DERECHOS DE LA NATURALEZA,...
Press Release: International Rights of Nature Tribunal Bonn, Germany
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28th 2017 Media Contact: Robert Wager (media contact) robert@endecocide.eu + 49 151 1547-2813 Cabot Davis (general inquiries) cabot@movementrights.org + 1 (831) 854-7634 Natalia Greene (Tribunal’s Secretariat) nati.greene@gmail.com + 593 9944-3724 PRESS RELEASE Print: International Rights of...
Rights of Nature Updates – October 20, 2017
The fourth International Rights of Nature Tribunal will hear cases from a new socio-ecosystem perspective, which is based on the interdependence between humans and nature. The Tribunal will hear presentation of evidence of nature’s rights violations from all over the...
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...
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...
