Summary
Member van der Velde (Party for the Animals) and member Dagdag (Labour Party) will submit a Motion for the Environmental Vision on 30 May 2024 to recognise Rights for Nature. The motion calls on the board:
– When developing the environmental vision in the environmental programmes and environmental plans to be drawn up, include that Culemborg recognises that nature in all its life forms has rights and that its interests must be represented;
– When developing the environmental vision in the environmental programmes and environmental plans to be drawn up, it should be included that the interests of nature and nature reserves are always taken into account in new policies to be formulated and that these interests are made clear in new council proposals;
– Involve relevant civil society organisations, local experts and other stakeholders in the implementation of rights for nature;
– To organize pilots and/or working groups that focus on the implementation of rights for nature.