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Indigenous Model

This page identifies initiatives that are Indigenous-led and/or co-developed and applies Indigenous ways of knowing and positioning such as relationality and responsibilities to an entity of nature, recognizing it as living and possessing spirit. An initiative is considered Indigenous-led and/or co-developed when one or more of the groups involved in the initiative self-identifies as Indigenous.

Australia People’s Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights (2016)

Australia
Approved in 2016
Civil Society Tribunal
All Nature
In 2016, the Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights heard four different cases regarding rights of nature.Read More →

Australia People’s Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights: industrial agriculture impacts (2018)

Australia
Approved in 2018
Civil Society Tribunal
All Nature
In 2018, the Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights heard from witnesses about the impact of industrial-scale agriculture.Read More →

Colombia Constitutional Court Case: rights of the Atrato River

Chocó Department, Colombia
Approved in 2016
Court Case
Freshwater Ecosystem
In 2016, Colombia's Atrato River case established the first jurisprudence in Latin America where a court declared recognition of the rights of an ecosystem.Read More →

Bolivia Citizen Declaration: People’s Manifesto for Life

Bolivia
Approved in 2016
Civil Society Declaration
All Nature
In 2016, the People’s Manifesto for Life in Bolivia was announced, which outlines changes needed in order to achieve a collective state of Living Well.Read More →

Loyalty Islands Province Environmental Code 2019: unitary principle of life

New Caledonia (France)
Approved in 2016
Legislation
All Nature
The Loyalty Islands provincial government enacted the new Environmental Code recognizing rights and legal personality of certain elements of NatureRead More →

Mora County (USA) Ordinance: community water rights and rights of nature

New Mexico, USA
Failed in 2015
Legislation
All Nature
The court invalidated a 2013 Mora County, New Mexico ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning oil and gas production within the count.Read More →

Bolivia Law: Mother Earth and Integral Development to Live Well 2012

Bolivia
Approved in 2012
Legislation
All Nature
In October 2012, Bolivia passed the Framework Law of Mother Earth Law and Integral Development for Living based on the Indigenous concept of “buen vivir”.Read More →

Ecuador court case: rights of the Tangabana páramo

Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
Failed in 2015
Court Case
Grassland, Mountain
Judges denied a 2014 lawsuit in Ecuador claiming the actions of the private company ERVIC S.A. violated rights of nature and rights of defenders of nature.Read More →
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