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 →
Forest Ecosystem
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is a forest ecosystem.
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 →
Mexico Supreme Court Case: mangroves in Laguna del Carpintero
In 2018, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled an urban park violates the human right to a healthy environment, which encompasses inherent eco-centric protections.Read More →
Ecuador Constitutional Court Case: mangroves and shrimp farms in El Verdum Commune
In 2012, Ecuadorian courts ruled that a shrimp company in the mangrove ecosystem of the El Verdum Commune does not violate the rights of natureRead More →
El Guabo (Ecuador) court case: mangrove cutting in the Bajo Alto estuary
A municipal court in El Guabo ruled a man violated the rights of Nature for felling a Mangrove to create a shrimp farm in 2020.Read More →
Ecuador Administrative Sanction: Secoya Nation (cutting native forest to plant palm)
Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment fined Secoya group for cutting native forest, citing this as a violation of rights of nature.Read More →
Ecuador court case: oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park
The Third Chamber of the Constitutional Court decided to suspend PETROBRAS' environmental license for an oil exploitation project in Yasuni National Park.Read More →
Ecuador Constitutional Court Case: Cuembí Triangle Protective Forest
In 2021, Ecuador's Constitutional Court declared a Ministerial agreement on the Cuembí Triangle unconstitutional for violating the rights of Indigenous peoples.Read More →