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NPR covers this story on the growing Rights of Nature movement across the U.S. and around the world. “‘[W]e have to change our environmental protection in this country and across the world, because obviously what we’re doing isn’t working.'”
Read More | Community Wires, In The News, Success StoryDec 26, 2018
Litigation based on the Rights of Nature is part of a growing movement to stop climate devastation.
Read More | Community Wires, In The News, Success StoryApr 5, 2018
In the growing recognition of ecosystem rights around the world, today the Colombia Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the Amazon region in Colombia possesses rights.
Read More | Press Releases & Blogs, Success StoryApr 5, 2018
“Colombia’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling combating climate change in Latin America.”
Read More | Community Wires, In The News, Success StoryMay 4, 2017
Reversing course from mainstream views of nature as property, Colombia’s Constitutional Court finds the Atrato River is a rights-bearing entity – a necessary step to protect life on earth.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs, Success StoryMay 3, 2017
A Colombian court recognizes the rights of the Atrato River to exist and flourish, ordering the end of illegal mining and the use of toxins in extracting minerals.
Read More | Community Wires, In The News, Success StoryJul 20, 2015
The Raizal people of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina off the coast of Colombia work with CELDF to recognize the Rights of Nature and to achieve their right to self-determination. CELDF travels to the Archipelago this month. Learn more here.
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