NGO

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a non-governmental organization whose NGO status can be verified on the Internet (e.g., NGO website or news source).

Nockamixon (USA) Ordinance: corporate mining, bodily trespass, and democratic self-government

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Approved in 2008

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporate mining and chemical trespass in the township in 2008.Read More →

Newtown Township (USA) Ordinance: community rights and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Approved in 2009

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Newtown Township, Pennsylvania drafted an ordinance recognizing the rights of nature and banning certain types of land development in the township in 2008.Read More →

Hawaii (USA) court case: Palila v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Location:Hawaii, USA

Status:Approved in 1981

Legal Provision:Court Case

Nature Type:Animal

The Sierra Club won a 1981 lawsuit to protect Palila and their habitat from harm by Hawaii's game management practices involving feral goats and sheep.Read More →

Barnstead (USA) Town Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature

Location:New Hampshire, USA

Status:Approved in 2006

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Barnstead, New Hampshire adopted an ordinance recognizing water rights and the rights of nature and limiting corporate powers within the town in 2006.Read More →

Rush Township (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Approved in 2006

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

In 2006, Rush Township in Pennsylvania recognizing rights of nature and banning corporations from the land application of sewage sludge within the township.Read More →

Blaine Township (USA) Ordinance: corporate land development and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Approved in 2006

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Blaine, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and preventing land development from non-family corporations within the township in 2006.Read More →

Montgomery County (USA) Ordinance: anti-corporate takings and local self-governance

Location:Virginia, USA

Status:Approved in 2006

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

Members of CELDF drafted an ordinance for Montgomery County in Virginia recognizing rights of nature and residents’ rights to a healthy environment in 2006.Read More →

East Brunswick (USA) Ordinance: sewage sludge and rights of nature

Location:Pennsylvania, USA

Status:Failed in 2008

Legal Provision:Legislation

Nature Type:All Nature

In 2008, a court overturned a 2006 East Brunswick, Pennsylvania ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning certain corporate uses of sewage sludge.Read More →