International Rights of Nature Tribunal, 8th Local Hearing: Tren Maya 2023
In March 2023, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal held it's 8th local tribunal in Yucatan, Mexico on the Tren Maya (Mayan Train) megaproject.Read More →
Forest Ecosystem
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is a forest ecosystem.
International Rights of Nature Tribunal, 11th Local Hearing: Biobío 2024
In January 2024 the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature declared the current Chilean forestry model violates the rights of Nature and caused ecocideRead More →
Benin National Sacred Forest Law of 2012
The Benin Sacred Forest Law passed in 2012 recognizing sacred forests where gods, spirits and ancestors reside, and communities that protect and govern them.Read More →
Declaration for the Protection of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters
Declaration by Indigenous federations of Ecuador and Peru to protect Amazon Sacred Headwaters and respect the rights of Nature and Buen Vivir o Vida PlenaRead More →
Kawsak Sacha Proposal: protected areas category
In 2018, the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) proposal to recognize a new legal category of protected area and entities of the Living Forest as persons, not objectsRead More →
Amazon Sacred Headwaters Bioregional Plan 2030
The Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative recognizes the inherent rights of Nature in their Bioregional Plan 2030 for the Amazon basin of Ecuador and PeruRead More →
Kawsak Sacha Declaration: The Living Forest
The Kichwa People of Sarayaku adopted the Declaration of Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest), recognizing their territory as a living being and subject of rights.Read More →
Ecuador Constitutional Court Case: Environmental Code and the rights of mangroves
In 2021, Ecuador's Constitutional Court declared partial unconstitutionality of the Organic Environmental Code due to mangroves and rights of nature.Read More →