By Rhett A. Butler in Mongabay on 13 December 2021. Indigenous territories account for at least 36% of the world’s “intact forests” and Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ILPC) live in or manage about half of the planet’s lands, making these areas a critical imperative in efforts to combat climate change and species loss. Yet [...]
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone tribal members who practice their traditional ways have formed a group to stop the proposed Thacker Pass open pit lithium mine. The group is named Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu (the People of Red Mountain). Here is Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu's Statement of Opposition to Lithium Nevada Corp.’s Proposed Thacker Pass [...]
Last Born In The Wilderness podcast interviewed Public Herald co-founders Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic this week to talk about their new film INVISIBLE HAND and how Rights of Nature is fighting the capitalist system. Listen to the episode here. "I could just tell how much attention to detail and love was put into producing this film," says podcast [...]
Indigenous women leaders sent an open letter to 70 major financial institutions calling on them to respect Indigenous rights & stop financial support to the #TarSands industry. October 19, 2020, over 40 Indigenous women from communities impacted by tar sands sent an open letter to 70 major banks, insurers, and asset managers, calling on them [...]
We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it Opinion piece by Nemonte Nenquimo published in "The Guardian" on October 12, 2020 Dear presidents of the nine Amazonian countries and to all world leaders that share responsibility for the plundering of our [...]
A Webinar on Rights of Nature "We are not people defending Nature. We are Nature defending itself" Casey Camp Horinek Join the women of Movement Rights in this webinar, opened with a prayer by respected Ponca elder Casey Camp-Horinek, about the Rights of Nature movement. The women give a brief history on Indigenous people maintaining [...]
Manoomin, A Cultural And Nutritional Staple For Thousands Of Years, Faces Wide Range Of Threats This article my Mary Kate McCoy appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio's website on March 2nd, 2020. Manoomin, or wild rice, has been a spiritual, cultural and culinary staple for Wisconsin tribes for thousands of years. But experts estimate it’s lost [...]
This press release was published on the Center for Democratic and Environmental Right's (CDER) website on February 18th, 2020. February 18, 2020 · In January 2020, the legislature of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin adopted Resolution 19-52, Recognition of the Rights of the Menominee River. As the resolution explains, the Menominee people's "place of origin was at [...]
Life as we know it depends upon biodiversity, which is why the Campaign for Nature seeks to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030. This article by Maryellen Kennedy Duckett appeared in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic. Biodiversity is a concept that’s commonly referenced, yet regularly misunderstood. The complex term [...]
This article appeared on the Center for Earth Jurisprudence's website on February 11th, 2019. Change can bring with it a corresponding resistance. The legal recognition of the rights of Nature has spread throughout the world’s property-based systems of governance in recent years, prompting significant backlash along the way. Currently in Florida, local groups are seeking [...]
