Report from Save the Colorado: The Town Council of Ridgway, Colorado, passed our “Rights of Nature for the Uncompahgre River Watershed” resolution! Ridgway Mayor John Clark reached out to us after he learned about the similar resolution that passed in the Town of Nederland two months ago. Ridgway now makes the second town in the [...]
Recognising river ecosystems or other entities of nature as having rights offers the possibility of managing and governing habitats based on the ecological realities of a region. When a river is recognised as a legal person, it has a right to maintain its spirit, identity and integrity. Published in Frontline on October 14, 2021 by [...]
Legal scholar and Rights of Nature expert Jessica den Outer explains Rights of Nature in 5 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X3ANYWxjkA&t=44s
Panel of Judges will hear cases on global warming and Amazon. November 3, 4 15 h GMT; 8am PDT Tweet from International Rights of Nature Tribunal on 10/12/21 @rontribunal Glasgow #RightsofNatureTribunal 2021 hears the #ClimateChange case & #Amazon case at #COP26Nov 3rd & 4h, 15h GMT More information: http://rightsofnaturetribunal.org/tribunals/glasgow-tribunal-2021 Sign up: http://bit.ly/rightsofnature The Fifth [...]
Supernatural Beings and Sacred Places This second of three webinars hosted at the Peter A Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia will focus on supernatural beings and sacred places. Panelists will speak to Indigenous peoples' efforts to enact or revitalize laws that respect and protect the ancestors and supernatural beings embodied [...]
CDER’s Senior Legal Counsel Thomas Linzey will be serving as a presenter at Global Peace Week. His workshop will enrich and invigorate anyone interested in the #rightsofnature! Learn more about this free, virtual event and register now! Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:30-3:45pm EST The Peace and Justice Institute, at Valencia College, is hosting Global Peace [...]
The University of Washington 2021 Doug Walker Lecture will be Thursday, October 7th, 5:30 p.m. PST. Human well-being and the health of our environment are inseparable. Indigenous Peoples have long recognized that nature has inherent and inalienable rights and have actively integrated that philosophy into their stewardship. Understanding our symbiotic relationship with the environment can [...]
Voices of Rivers: Listening to and communicating with our waters Press Release from The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: We kindly invite you to a webinar organized by @biennalesydney Sept 26th, International Rivers’ Day, in which GARN members will participate to talk about their project on the #RightsofNature and rivers to be presented [...]
A full documentary will be released in October Published by BelfastLive, September 10, 2021, by Shauna Corr. The Environmental Justice Network Ireland is calling on councils and decision makers to recognise the rights of nature. EJNI is a network of activists, NGOs, lawyers, and academics who aim to develop the rights of nature conversation on [...]
The fate of some of Ecuador's last remaining cloud forests and hundreds of livelihoods rests on the outcome of a trailblazing Rights of Nature case concerning two tiny amphibians. Published January 11, 2021 by Carlos Zorrilla in The Ecologist. Two frogs no more than four centimetres in length: they seem so insignificant. But much is riding [...]
