Town of Mountain Lake Park US Community Protection from Natural Gas Extraction Ordinance
Mountain Lake Park, Maryland adopted a community bill of rights recognizing rights of nature and banning the commercial extraction of gas in 2010.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.