CDER proposes legislative changes to implement the Rights of Nature.
Quito, Ecuador: The Biodiversity Commission of Ecuador’s National Assembly – the national legislature of Ecuador – has issued its report to the National Assembly on suggested changes to the main environmental law in Ecuador. The report includes a number of proposals submitted by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights to the Commission.
CDER submitted input to the Biodiversity Commission regarding legislative reform of the Organic Code of the Environment (CODA), Ecuador’s primary environmental regulatory law. The Biodiversity Commission has been reviewing the major environmental laws of Ecuador, and seeking public input. The Biodiversity Commission report is the draft of the legislation that is to be considered by the National Assembly next year.
Over the past year, CDER worked with biologists and academics to develop proposals to strengthen and improve the implementation of the rights of nature protections enshrined in the Ecuador Constitution. CDER’s founders were involved in the development of the constitutional provisions in 2008.
See the full Press release, including a summary of CDER’s proposed legislative reforms HERE.