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Ecuador: Rights of Nature on Paper — The Case of Sarayaku

In 2012, the Kichwa people of Sarayaku won a historic lawsuit against the Ecuadorian state in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights—one of the first major tests of Ecuador’s trailblazing 2008 Constitution, the first in the world to recognize the Rights of Nature. But thirteen years later, the promises of that legal victory remain largely […]

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Caring for Colombia's Dynamic Rivers

Indigenous Perspectives, Integrated Science and the Rights of Nature

From the emblematic Magdalena River, which begins high in the Andes as a Sacred Source and descends into the industrial valleys to a overused and contaminated course, to the groundbreaking case of the Atrato River, which gained international attention in 2017 when it was granted the rights of personhood under Colombia’s Rights of Nature law, Colombia’s rivers have much to teach us.

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A Different Kind of COP25 in Santiago de Chile

Coyote Alberto Ruz Reports from People's Summit, Peace Village and International Rights of Nature Tribunal

Coyote Alberto Ruz Reports from People’s Summit, Peace Village and International Rights of Nature Tribunal

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Towards a New Jurisprudence of the Earth

'Silent Spring is no longer a prophecy, we are living in it,' says veteran author, activist and international networker

“Coyote” Alberto Ruz Buenfil has devoted his life to nurturing the bonds that connect humans with the place we inhabit and its other inhabitants, from the beaver to the bee to the wind and the water. His ethic has been influenced by and has in turn influenced movements toward intentional communities, ecovillages and bioregionalism. He […]

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A Historic Day for the Earth in Mexico City

Coyote Alberto on Mexico City's adoption of the Rights of Mother Earth — and the celebration

Coyote Alberto on Mexico City’s historic adoption of the Rights of Mother Earth — and the celebration

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