Eijsden-Margraten, Netherlands Motion for the Rights of Nature
In November 2023, the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten became the first in the Netherlands to officially recognize the rights of nature.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.