Eco Jurisprudence Monitor

Rights Of Nature

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.

Wealden (UK) District Council Motion: rights of rivers

East Sussex, England
Approved in 2025
Declaration
Freshwater Ecosystem
On July 16 2025, a member's motion to support river rights was passed by the Wealden District Council in Sussex, England. The Wealden District Council acknowledRead More →

International Declaration of Reef Rights 2007

International
Drafted in 2007
Civil Society Declaration
Marine Ecosystem
In March 2007, the organization Reef Check launched the International Declaration of Reef Rights. The Declaration recognizes that all coral reefs have the rightRead More →

Rother (UK) District Council Motion: rights of trees

East Sussex, England
Approved in 2025
Declaration
Forest, Fungi
On September 15 2025, a motion was submitted in the Rother District Council declaring the Council’s support for the growing global rights of nature movement,Read More →