Summary
In 2012, The World Conservation Congress at its session in Jeju-Republic of Korea adopted a resolution to incorporate the rights of nature as the organizational focal point in IUCN’s decision making. The resolution recommends creating a process that would consider rights of nature as a fundamental key element for planning, action, and assessment; urges IUCN members to share their national rights of nature experiences; and invites the Director General and IUCN members to promote the development of a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature. In 2021 the IUCN WCEL Right of Nature Task Force was created to concretise IUCN’s engagement on the topic of rights of nature.