Benton County U.S. Local Food Systems Ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature
In 2015, an initiative to get an ordinance banning genetically modified organisms and recognizing rights of nature in Benton County, Oregon failed.Read More →
This page identifies initiatives that frame ecological jurisprudence in terms of rights of nature. Initiatives are included in this category when they explicitly recognize any non-human element of Nature (e.g., ecosystems, plant species, animal species) or Nature in general as a subject with rights.