ELM22: 2909 Rights of Nature International Symposium

ABOUT OUR WEBINAR

The 21st Century has seen the rise of laws that recognise nature as having its own legal rights. This is a radical shift for western legal systems, that typically treat nature as merely being human property.  Laws have now been created in more than a dozen countries, that recognise that nature is not just human property, but a living community

that deserves the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate vital cycles.

Join us for an update about this fascinating and fast moving area of law, with expert speakers from around the world.  We'll provide an introduction to the key concepts about Rights of Nature, as well as updates about how rights of nature laws are being implemented in different cultures, using very different legal tools and approaches.

Our symposium will provide an important update about developments in the creation and implementation, of rights of nature laws and policies, from Ecuador, Colombia, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

SPEAKERS CONFIRMED SO FAR!

  • Natalia Greene, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)
  • Grant Wilson, Earth Laws Center (ELC)
  • Osprey Orielle Lake, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
  • Margaret Stewart, Center for Earth Jurisprudence
  • Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights
  • Erin O'Donnell, Birrarung Council and Melbourne University, Australia
  • Michelle Maloney, Australian Earth Laws Alliance
  • Speakers from Columbia, New Zealand and India to be confirmed shortly!

This event will be held online, via Zoom.

Read more and register for this event here

ABOUT OUR WEBINAR

Join us for an update about laws protecting the rights of nature, with speakers from around the world.

The 21st Century has seen the rise of laws that recognise nature as having its own legal rights - either through mechanisms such as 'legal personhood' for particular ecosystems, or jurisdiction-wide recognition of the rights of all of nature. Laws have now been created in more than a dozen countries, that recognise that nature is not just human property, but a living community that deserves the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate vital cycles.

Our symposium will provide an important update about developments in the creation and implementation, of rights of nature laws and policies, from Ecuador, Colombia, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER/S

  • Natalia Greene, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)
  • Grant Wilson, Earth Laws Center (ELC)
  • Osprey Orielle Lake, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
  • Margaret Stewart, Center for Earth Jurisprudence
  • Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights
  • Erin O'Donnell, Birrarung Council and Melbourne University, Australia