Colorado (USA) Title Transfer: Pyramid Mountain nature governance
On 7 June 2025, a private land transfer initiative associated with Pyramid Mountain in Colorado sought to establish a novel form of ecological stewardship.Read More →
Mountain
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which the subject of the initiative is a mountain or mountain range.
Santo Antônio do Itambé (Brazil) Municipal Organic Law: rights of Serra do Itambé
In March 2024, the municipality of Santo Antônio do Itambé in Minas Gerais, Brazil adopted an amendment to its Organic Law to recognize rights to nature.Read More →
International Rights of Nature Tribunal, 14th Local Hearing: Serbia 2024
In November 2024, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal convened its 14th local hearing on gold mining in Homolje, Serbia and severe ecological damage.Read More →
Hawaii (USA) State Law: Mauna Kea stewardship and oversight authority
Hawaii passes Act recognizing Mauna Kea as a sacred spiritual site and establishes a stewardship authority based on Indigenous management.Read More →
U’wa Nation Indigenous Declaration: ancestral territory and sacred site Zizuma (El Cocuy National Park)
In March 2016, the U’wa people ratified their position of territorial defense of their ancestral sacred site Mt. Zizuma in Colombia’s El Cocuy National Park.Read More →
New Zealand: Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998
This Act required the settlement of all of Ngāi Tahu’s historical claims and contains the recognition of the mauri (life force) of each different site.Read More →
Colombia court case: rights of Los Nevados National Park
In 2020, the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Ibagué declared Los Nevados National Park as a special subject of rights.Read More →
New Zealand Law: legal personality of Taranaki Maunga (Mount Taranaki)
In 2017, a record of understanding between iwi of Taranaki and the New Zealand government declared Mount Taranaki to have a legal personality.Read More →