Packer Township US Local Control, Sewage Sludge and Chemical Trespass Ordinance
Supervisors repealed a 2008 Packer Township, Pennsylvania ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning the corporate land application of sewage sludge.Read More →
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.
Santa Cruz US Local Control, Pesticide and Chemical Trespass Ordinance
CELDF drafted an ordinance for Santa Cruz, California recognizing rights of nature and residents’ right to be free from chemical trespass in 2009.Read More →
Shapleigh US Water Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance
Shapleigh, Maine passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporate mining of water in response to Nestle’s potential water mining in 2009.Read More →
Newfield US Water Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance
Newfield, Maine passed an ordinance giving nature personhood and banning corporate mining of water in response to Nestle’s potential water mining in 2009.Read More →
Van Etten US Community Water Rights and Self-Government Ordinance
Van Etten, New York passed an ordinance recognizing rights of nature and banning corporate mining of water in 2009.Read More →
Blaine Township US Home Rule Charter
Blaine Township in Pennsylvania adopted a charter recognizing rights of nature and refusing to recognize any private claim to ownership of nature in 2009.Read More →
Philippines Case Resident Marine Mammals of the Protected Seascape Tañon Strait v. Secretary Angelo Reyes
In 2015 a lawsuit was filed on behalf of "marine mammals" against oil exploration in the Tañon Straits in the Philippines claiming it reduced fish populationsRead More →
Ecuador court case on constitutionality of the Mining Law 2009
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador lost a 2009 case claiming a mining law violated the right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples.Read More →