Benin Sacred Forest Law 2012
The Benin Sacred Forest Law passed in 2012 recognizing sacred forests where gods, spirits and ancestors reside, and communities that protect and govern them.Read More →
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives that are led and/or co-developed by one or more non-Indigenous community/campesino groups and applies their traditional ecological knowledge and relationality in recognition of nature. An initiative is considered locally-led and/or co-developed when one or more of the groups involved in the initiative explicitly self-identifies as a local group living in close proximity to the ecosystem/element of Nature in question.