Eijsden-Margraten Netherlands Motion Granting Legal Personality to Nature
In November 2023, the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten became the first in the Netherlands to officially recognize the rights of nature.Read More →
Government
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a government entity at any level (e.g., municipal, provincial, state, national). This category only applies to government entities in the executive and legislative branches. Court-led initiatives are tracked through a different category.
New York U.S. Lake Erie Bill of Rights
In February 2019, a bill was introduced in the New York state legislature to create a Lake Erie Bill of Rights, but did not make it past the committee stage.Read More →
Aruba Constitutional Amendment recognizing the rights of Nature
On April 21, 2023, Minister Ursell Arends submitted a draft amendment to recognize the Rights of Nature in the Aruban Constitution.Read More →
New York U.S. Great Lakes Bill of Rights
On February 14, 2023, a bill was introduced in the New York state legislature to create a Great Lakes bill of rights.Read More →
Milwaukee County U.S. Resolution on the Rights of Nature
On October 27, 2023, Milwaukee County passed a resolution to recognize the rights of nature to protect Southeastern Wisconsin’s waterways and bodies of water.Read More →
Holy See Pope Francis Laudate Deum on the Climate Crisis
October 4, 2023, Pope Francis released an Exhortation (Laudate Deum) on the climate crisis and the need for a paradigm shift in our relationship with Nature.Read More →
Italy Ecocide Law
September 2023, a new bill to criminalize ecocide was formally submitted to the Italian ParliamentRead More →
Mexico proposed amendment to Penal Code criminalizing ecocide
July 30, a new bill was submitted to the Mexican Parliament to criminalize ecocide in the Penal Code.Read More →