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...
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...
Earth Rights Conference – Sigtuna, Sweden April 21-22, 2017
What idea is powerful enough to heal the relationship between humans and nature? This conference will be a space for dialogue and co-creation about the idea that nature, not just humans, have rights. In a time of accelerating socio-ecological challenges,...
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...
