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 →
Forest
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is a forest ecosystem.
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 →
Cotacachi (Ecuador) Ordinance: Intag Valley Sanctuary of Life
In 2021, conservation groups in the Cotacachi canton in Ecuador presented an ordinance in order to protect the biodiversity and endemic species of the canton.Read More →