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Indigenous

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives that are Indigenous-led or co-developed by one or more groups that explicitly self-identify as Indigenous.

Municipality of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) Organic Law amendment recognizing the Rights of Nature

Brazil
Approved in 2023
On March 15, 2023, the municipality of Guajará-Mirim, Brazil adopted an amendment to its Organic Law recognizing the Rights of Nature and the Laje River.Read More →

8th Local Rights of Nature Tribunal: Tren Maya 2023

Mexico
Approved in 2023
In March 2023, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal held it's 8th local tribunal in Yucatan, Mexico on the Tren Maya (Mayan Train) megaproject.Read More →

North Country (U.S.) Citizen Ordinance and Declaration of the Rights and Responsibilities of the St. Lawrence River / Kaniatarowanénhne

United States of America
Drafted in 2022
In 2022, North Country (U.S) community members (Haudenosaunee Territory) drafted a sample Bill of Rights of the St. Lawrence River / Kaniatarowanénhne WatershedRead More →

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Declaration of the Rights of Herring

United States of America
Approved in 2023
On April 26 2023, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe adopted a resolution on the Rights of Herring, recognizing their right to exist, migrate freely and reproduce.Read More →

Milwaukee County U.S. Resolution on the Rights of Nature

United States of America
Approved in 2023
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 →

Municipality of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) law on the rights of the Laje River (Komi Memen)

Brazil
Approved in 2023
In April 2023, the city of Guajará-Mirim in Brazil approved a municipal law recognizing the legal rights of the Laje RiverRead More →

Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador Resolution recognizing the Rights and Legal Personhood of the St. Lawrence River

Canada
Approved in 2023
On April 19 2023, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec-Labrador passed a resolution to confer legal personhood to the St. Lawrence RiverRead More →

Ecuador court case on the oil spill in the San Rafael Waterfall

Ecuador
On Appeal in 2021
In 2020, Indigenous and civil society groups in Ecuador filed a court action over rights violations due to a major oil spill in the San Rafael Waterfall.Read More →
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