“In a huge win for the environment, on Thursday 24 September a judge at the Cotacachi Court ruled that the Ministry of the Environment failed at its job of protecting species on the Llurimagua mining concession in  northwestern Ecuador’s biodiverse cloud forests. The case has implications for mining companies operating throughout Ecuador,” says Rebekah Hayden, aContinue Reading Court decision on Llurimagua – Rights of Nature Case – Ecuador

Los Cedros Natural Reserve has lived through a historic moment in time, with the appeal to Rights of Nature, which can be found in the Constitution of Ecuador. Earth Law Center, The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and the Center for Biological Diversity presented an Amicus Curiae in favor of Los Cedros. IfContinue Reading Amicus Curiae for Los Cedros Natural Reserve in Ecuador

“The outcome of a case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining will set a precedent for all future Rights of Nature cases in Ecuador. Los Cedros Reserve in north-western Ecuador is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in the world, with more than 4,800 hectares (nearly 12,000 acres) of primary cloud forest safeguardingContinue Reading New article about Rights of Nature in Ecuador in The Ecologist

Orange County, FL, Voters Overwhelmingly Approve ‘Rights of Nature’ Initiative Becomes Largest Municipality in the U.S. to Adopt a ‘Rights of Nature’ LawOrange County, Florida, has become the largest municipality in the United States to adopt a ‘rights of nature’ law. Last night, voters overwhelmingly approved the measure, recognizing rights of Orange County rivers and streams, alongContinue Reading Big Win in Florida for Rights of Nature!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2020 QUITO, ECUADOR—Today, a coalition of environmental organizations appeared as amicus curiae before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court to seek a robust application of the “Rights of Nature” in order to save the Los Cedros protected forest. Los Cedros is an immensely biodiverse Andean cloud forest that is under threat from recent miningContinue Reading Coalition Appears Before Ecuador’s Constitutional Court in Possible Historic Rights of Nature Case

Our friends from the Center for Humans and Nature in Chicago, recently featured an essay by author Thea Riofrancos as part of our their Question series: How do we live respectfully with the land and with each other? The series is curated and edited by Indigenous activist/scholar Julian Brave NoiseCat, who helped shape the GreenContinue Reading FIELD NOTES FROM EXTRACTIVE FRONTIERS

“The emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa is at once innovative and ancient, radical and rooted: a revival and enhancement of time-honoured, Earth-centred human traditions offering a fresh orientation with which the continent might navigate its way into a flourishing, life-sustaining future.” Carlotta Byrne, who coordinates the Earth Jurisprudence Programme at The Gaia Foundation andContinue Reading New article on the emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in Africa

QUITO, Ecuador— Grupos ambientalistas presentaron hoy un testimonio legal instando a la Corte Constitucional de Ecuador a detener todas las concesiones mineras en el bosque protector Los Cedros, un “Área Clave para la Biodiversidad” global. El documento cita preocupaciones de la famosa primatóloga Jane Goodall y más de 1,200 científicos destacados. En este caso sin precedentes, la corteContinue Reading Entrega de Amicus Curiae para el Caso: Los Cedros entregado a la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador