Eco Jurisprudence Monitor

Civil Society

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a group of people that have come together to support the initiative, but are not in a formally recognized non-governmental organization. These people may either be based in a particular community or be gathered together via a common movement/initiative.

Moananui Sanctuary Agreement

Pacific Small Island States
Drafted in 2025
Declaration
Animal, Marine Ecosystem
The Agreement was drafted to establish 12.5 million km2 of marine protected areas in the Pacific and will be considered for ratification in September 2025.Read More →

Sweden Citizen Declaration: Rights of Lake Vättern

Lake Vättern, Sweden
Drafted in 2019
Civil Society Declaration
Freshwater Ecosystem
From 2018 to 2019, Swedish Earth Rights lawyers drafted a declaration of the rights of Lake Vättern in collaboration with the Community Environmental Legal DefRead More →

Iceland Constitutional Referendum of 2011

Iceland
Failed in 2013
Constitution
All Nature
In 2011, the Constitutional Council submitted a draft to the Icelandic Parliament that included the rights of nature in an amended national constitution.Read More →

Declaration on the Protection of the Lake Ohrid Ecosystem

North Macedonia; Albania; Greece
Approved in 2018
Civil Society Declaration
Freshwater Ecosystem
In 2018, a civil society declaration was signed, calling for actions to protect the Lake Ohrid ecosystem, including pollution control and Ramsar status.Read More →