Landmark Ruling Blocks Mining in Ecuadorian Forest, Citing Rights of Nature

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/landmark-ruling-blocks-mining-in-ecuadorian-forest-citing-rights-of-nature

In its decision, the high court said that the government did not provide the “scientific evidence necessary to avoid and mitigate serious and irreversible damage to species and ecosystems, and therefore, to the rights of nature, to the water and a healthy and balanced environment.” The ruling effectively cancels all mining concessions and environmental and water permits.

#nature #environment #protection #conservation #preservation #rights-of-nature #rights-for-nature #Ecuador #e360

The Rights of Rivers

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/12/02/rivers-right-to-flow

Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the long-held view of water as a human commodity.

#nature #environment #watersheds #waterways #rivers #water #rights-of-nature #rights-for-nature #personhood #waterislife #conservation #preservation #protection #yesmagazine

For the first time, a river is granted official rights and legal personhood in Canada

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/for-the-first-time-a-river-is-granted-official-rights-and-legal-personhood-in-canada-848414747.html

The Magpie River (Muteshekau-shipu in the Innu language) is an internationally renowned river nearly 300 km long. The river is recognized worldwide for its rapids and for whitewater expeditions, most notably by the prestigious National Geographic magazine, which ranked it among the top ten rivers in the world for whitewater rafting. The river’s protection has received regional consensus, but the plan to declare the river a protected area has been thwarted for years by state-owned Hydro-Québec, due to the waterway’s hydroelectric potential.

#nature #environment #Muteshekau-shipu #MagpieRiver #legal #rights #rights-of-nature #rights-for-nature #personhood #river #waterways #watershed #Canada #newswire

Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/07/06/rights-of-nature-conservation

#nature #environment #rivers #legalrights #rights-of-nature #rights-for-nature #watershed #waterways #watersheds #waterislife #yesmagazine

Rights of Nature – Codifying Indigenous Worldviews into Law to Protect Biodiversity

https://bioneers.org/rights-nature-codifying-indigenous-worldviews-law-protect-biodiversity-ze0z2007/

In deep contrast to the “human vs. nature” dichotomy underpinning much Western thought, #Indigenous Peoples share a worldview that humans are a part of nature’s interconnected systems. It’s not surprising that Indigenous Peoples are at the forefront of a growing movement to acknowledge the legal “Rights of Nature.”⁠

#nature #interconnectedness #rights #rights-of-nature #rights-for-nature #Indigenous #worldviews #bioneers