• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
eco-jurisprudence monitor logo

Eco Jurisprudence Monitor

  • EJ Tracker
    • Report Initiative
    • Tracker FAQ
    • Codebook
    • Printable Charts
    • Data Ethics
    • Data Request
  • Resources
    • Eco Jurisprudence Tracker
    • Legal Toolkit
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Contact
  • English
    • Español

Montgomery County US Anti-Corporate Takings and Securing Local Self-Governance Ordinance

United States of America
Montgomery County, Virginia
Drafted in 2006
Local law
Personhood, Rights Of Nature
Natural communities and ecosystems
All Nature
CELDF
NGO

Summary

In 2006, members of the NGO CELDF drafted the Montgomery County Anti-Corporate Takings and Securing Local Self-Governance Ordinance for Montgomery County, Virginia. The ordinance states that “Natural communities and ecosystems [including, but not limited to, forests, meadows, caverns, wetlands, streams, rivers, aquifers, and other water systems] possess inalienable and fundamental rights to exist and flourish within the County of Montgomery.” (3).

The ordinance emphasizes local self-governance and cites a need of self-governance to “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Montgomery County, the soil, groundwater and surface water, cultural heritage, the environment and its flora and fauna, and preserve the rural quality of life within the County.” (2).

The ordinance was not submitted.

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Montgomery County Anti-Corporate Takings and Securing Local Self Governance Ordinance [PDF]

When using our data, please follow the FAIR and CARE Principles for data governance outlined in our Ethics Statement. We are doing our best to be correct in the information we provide, but if you notice any omission or inaccuracy, please report this to us immediately at info@ecojurisprudence.org so we can correct it.

Eco Jurisprudence Tracker is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Footer

Contact

  • EJ Tracker
  • Resources
  • About
earth law center
UN Harmony with Nature
Ecological Law and Governance Association
GARN logo

Subscribe to our newsletter:

loader

Privacy Policy

© 2023 Eco Jurisprudence Monitor – all rights reserved.

  • English
  • Español