Is Sustainability Enough? What we can learn from the rise (and rise) of rights of nature and Earth laws
March 14, 2023
by Michelle Maloney and Christina Meyers
What we can learn from the rise (and rise) of rights of nature and Earth laws.Read more…
How Ecocide Could Be Made a Crime in Australia
February 3, 2023
AELA is hosting an Australian working group made up of lawyers, academic researchers and law students, who are working to draft Ecocide laws for jurisdictions in Australia. The working group ...Read more…
Making Ecocide an International Crime
February 2, 2023
This blog will explore how we can make ecocide an international crime.Read more…
Stop Ecocide International and the Legal Definition of Ecocide
February 1, 2023
This blog will explore Stop Ecocide International and the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide.Read more…
The History of Ecocide
February 1, 2023
To address the current ecological and climate emergency one option is to make large scale environmental harm a crime, which is referred to as Ecocide. This blog will explore what ...Read more…
Resilience in the Face of a Water Crisis
March 27, 2019
by Manav Satija
I just returned home after a whirlwind series of public hearings of the Citizen’s Inquiry into the Health of the Darling River and Menindee Lakes in Mildura, Wentworth, Broken Hill ...Read more…
Public Hearings in Menindee: ‘ground zero’ of the Darling River crisis
March 24, 2019
Our first week of Public Hearings, in Mildura/Buronga, Wentworth and Broken Hill--as part of the Citizens' Inquiry into the Health of the Darling River and Menindee Lakes--have been heartbreaking. We ...Read more…
Reflections from the first days of the Citizens’ Inquiry
March 23, 2019
We’ve had three full days and one half day of Public Hearings for the Citizens' Inquiry into the Health of the Darling River and Menindee Lakes. And I’m feeling so ...Read more…
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