Summary
In September 2012, the IUCN World Conservation Congress at its session in Jeju, South Korea, adopted a resolution to incorporate the rights of nature as the organizational focal point in IUCN’s decision making. Resolution 100 recommends creating a process that would consider rights of nature as a fundamental key element for planning, action, and assessment. It urges IUCN Members to contribute to this effort by bringing forward their national experiences concerning the Rights of Nature as part of the process of developing a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature that contributes to a new philosophy of human well-being, and invites the Director General and IUCN Members to promote the development of a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature, as a first step towards reconciliation between human beings and the Earth as the basis of our lives, as well as the foundations of a new civilizing pact.
State and agency Members of the United States abstained during the vote on this Motion for reasons given in the US General Statement on the IUCN Resolutions Process.
In 2021, the IUCN WCEL Rights of Nature Task Force was created to concretize IUCN’s engagement on the topic of rights of nature.
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/incorporation-of-the-rights-of-nature-as-the-organizational-focal-point-in-iucns-decision-making/.
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