Ecuador's Rights of Nature

The conflict between Rights of Nature and Mining in Ecuador

Synthesis and Applications: The Los Cedros legal case in Ecuador sets a precedent in using Rights of Nature to challenge the presence of mining ...

The Ecuadorian Constitution was the first national constitution to ...

Article 72. Nature has the right to be restored. This restoration shall be apart from the obligation of the State and natural persons or legal ...

Ecuador court case on rights of nature violations from mining in the ...

In 2021, the court approved a 2019 protective action to stop the exploration phase of the Río Magdalena mining project because it violates rights of nature.

Constructing the Rights of Nature: Cons...nd Environmental ...

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to grant legal rights to nature. In this article, I examine how this happened. I show that while proponents of ...

Rights of Nature in Ecuador - The Ecologist

Jonathon Porritt, one of the UK's leading environmentalists, said: “Ecuador was the first nation to include the Rights of Nature in its ...

Ecuador's High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the ...

Mining in a protected region of the Ecuadorian rainforest violates the rights of nature, Ecuador's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday.

Ecuador's Amazon, Rights of Nature, and the Dilemma of the 2008 ...

Environmental protection in Ecuador cannot be fulfilled without the recognition of. Indigenous rights. Because of their proximity to the ...

Outcomes of Ecuador's Rights of Nature for Nature's Sake - lidsen

The rights of nature have been widely discussed at a philosophical level for a long time, but examples of its practical application are ...

Ecuador - Australian Earth Laws Alliance

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to recognise the legal rights of nature in its constitution. Since that time, several cases have been ...

The Implications of Environmental Personhood in Ecuador

[1] This clause in the Constitution has provided a legal pathhood for the conservation of nature; theoretically, any person can act as a ...

Plans to mine Ecuador forest violate rights of nature, court rules

Plans to mine Ecuador forest violate rights of nature, court rules ... Ecuador's highest court has ruled that plans to mine for copper and gold in ...

Episode 4: Does Nature Have Rights? - Wild Hope

In August of 2023, Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company ...

The conflict between Rights of Nature and mining in Ecuador ...

The conflict between Rights of Nature and mining in Ecuador: Implications of the Los Cedros Cloud Forest case for biodiversity conservation.

Ecuador Gives Rights to Nature - Earthjustice

Ecuador Gives Rights to Nature · Has the "right to exist" and—perhaps more importantly—to "persist." · Has the right to "maintain and regenerate ...

Constructing the Rights of Nature: Constitutional Reform ...

Ecuador's 2008 Constitution lists four articles describing the rights of nature. According to these articles, nature or the Pachamama has the “right to exist ...

Constructing the Rights of Nature: Constitutional Reform ... - jstor

Environmental Protection in Ecuador. Maria Akchurin. In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to grant legal rights to nature. In this article, I examine how ...

Ecuador's Rights of Nature: A New Legal Momentum? – JHULR

June 11th 2024 | Sean Oliver Edited by Helina Franklin Introduction In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to codify rights of nature ...

Upholding Nature's Rights in Ecuador: Identifying Problems and ...

Ecuador, opting for an indigenous worldview towards the natural world and revolutionizing the way in which modern law treats nature, has faced a variety of ...

New 'Rights of Nature' case will have major implications for ...

In December 2021, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled in favour of the threatened Los Cedros Protected Forest, which protects over 200 ...

Nature is getting new legal rights – and winning in court - Wild Hope

In 2021, Ecuador's constitutional court ruled that plans to mine in Los Cedros contravened the forest's rights of nature, which had been ...