Category: AELC

It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, is interviewed in this excellent piece on the rights of nature movement in Australia.

Article by Jane Gleeson-White

The emerging international rights-of-nature movement aims to address the way western legal

APEEL releases ‘The Future of Australian Environmental Laws’

The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law (APEEL) have released a set of reports making recommendations about the 'next generation' of environmental laws at the Federal level in Australia.

Recommendation 8.4, from "Technical Report No.8", recommends that rights …

Launch of the Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA)

The Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA) was launched on October 13, 2017 at the University of Siena (Italy) at the Santa Chiara Lab. The ELGA is created as an umbrella organization to the many local, national, and international organizations …