The Los Cedros Forest has Rights

The Los Cedros Forest has Rights - Verfassungsblog

This judgment revokes environmental permits previously granted to two mining concessions in the Bosque Protector Los Cedros reserve.

This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being ... - BBC

A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood.

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

In 2021, Ecuador's Constitutional Court ruled that mining in the Los Cedros Protected Forest is a violation of the constitutional rights of nature.

Ecuador's Highest Court Enforces Constitutional 'Rights of Nature' to ...

The court decided that activities that threaten the rights of nature should not be carried out within the Los Cedros Protected Forest ecosystem.

Los Cedros Cloud-Forest: A Legal First for Nature's Creative Rights

This action creates a legal path whereby the natural world is acknowledged as a vital creative force. The rights that the petition pursues for ...

Rights of Nature Campaign - Los Cedros

Los Cedros Is A Non-Profit Biological Reserve In The Andean Cloud Forest Of Ecuador. Los Cedros Protected Forest is a forest and wildlife ...

Are Rights of Nature Working? The Impact of the Los Cedros Ruling ...

Unlike many other forests and ecosystems that have succumbed to the pressure of mining and other extractive projects across the world, Los ...

Ecuador's cloud forest has legal rights – and maybe a song credit

In a world first, 'rights of nature' project petitions copyright office to recognise Los Cedros forest as song co-creator.

The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador - YES! Magazine

The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.

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

“The constitutional court states that no activity that threatens the rights of nature can be developed within the ecosystem of Los Cedros ...

Why is an Ecuador forest petitioning for the rights to a song?

A petition has been submitted to Ecuador's copyright office to recognise Los Cedros cloud, an Ecuadorian forest roughly 15,000 acres (6,070 ...

ecuador's los cedros protected forest granted constitutional 'rights of ...

In 2017, Ecuador's national environmental agency authorised two corporations to conduct exploratory mining in Los Cedros, a zone designated as ...

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

In 2021, Ecuador's Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling, halting mining in the Los Cedros Protected Forest. Three pillars form the ...

Report Assessing the Implementation of the Los Cedros Ruling in ...

In 2021, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador handed down a landmark ruling on the rights of nature which protected the vital Los Cedros Forest.

Sussex conservation expert hails landmark 'rights of nature' legal ...

In a precedent-setting move, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has ruled in favour of the threatened Los Cedros Protected Forest, one of the ...

Constitutional Court rules in favor of Los Cedros Reserve

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued a historic ruling with positive repercussions for protected forests, water, healthy environment, ...

Ecuador's Constitutional Court enforces Rights of Nature to protect ...

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador used the provision on the “Rights of Nature” to safeguard Los Cedros protected forest from mining concessions.

Landmark Ruling Blocks Mining in Ecuadorian Forest, Citing Rights ...

Ecuador's constitutional court has blocked plans to mine copper and gold in Los Cedros, a protected cloud forest, ruling that the plans violate the rights of ...

The Los Cedros Forest has rights : the Ecuadorian Constitutional ...

The Los Cedros Forest has rights : the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court affirms the rights of nature. José Gustavo Prieto Munoz (UGent) (2021)

Rights of Nature Protect Ecuador's Los Cedros Forest in Court

The Los Cedros decision in Ecuador shows the power that rights of nature legislation can have. In this case, the courts stopped the mining ...