We’re excited to share the recording of our webinar on the Draft Antarctica Declaration, a groundbreaking step toward a Rights of Nature framework for the region.
Cullinan's radical plan to protect Southern Ocean and Antarctica through Antarctic Rights Initiative wins recognition for courage and leadership.
Follow the discussion on the Rights of Nature as a legal and moral framework and explore how inclusive governance can bridge cultural and systemic divides.
Environmental lawyers and activists propose initiative to recognize Table Mountain as a 'living' entity with inherent legal rights in South Africa.
Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari fought decades of oil spills along Peru's Marañón River, winning historic legal personhood protection.
Antarctica requires governance structures that adapt in real-time as the continent undergoes rapid physical changes, not reactive governance.
The 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal convened to assess the impacts of Canadian mining across South America and Serbia.
New Zealand Parliament grants Mount Taranaki legal personhood, recognizing it as a living ancestor of deep cultural significance to the Māori people.
In a historic decision, Ecuadorians voted on Sunday to stop the oil drilling of the protected area within Yasuní National Park in the Amazon.
On Wednesday 14 June, Cormac participated in the Daily Maverick's "should nature have rights?" webinar.
From 15-18 October 2022, Cormac and Katrina attended GARN's Global Gathering in Siena, Italy.
On 13 July 2022, Director Cormac Cullinan joined investigative journalist, Tiara Walters, and author, Mikaa Mered, as they shed light on the secretive world of the Antarctic Treaty.
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On 5 June 2022, the United Nations celebrated World Environment Day.
The Wild Law Institute hosted a workshop to chart a vision for Harmonious Coexistence in South Africa.
Ecuador court recognises individual rights of wild animals in woolly monkey case.
Cormac Cullinan and Katrina Lehmann-Grube presented on why we need to move towards Harmonious Coexistence with Nature.
The renowned ethologist and conservationist expresses solidarity with Rights of Nature in the wake of the landmark case.
The judgement is of great significance for the Rights of Nature all around the world.
Nonhle Mbuthuma, representing the Amadiba Crisis Committee, has strongly condemned the destructive activity.
In celebration of World Antarctica Day on 1st December 2021, Antarcticarights.org will be holding a webinar to introduce the drafting of a Declaration for the Rights of Antarctica.
Once thought to be extinct, the Longnose Harlequin Frog is now at the centre of a legal battle to stop a mining project in the Imbabura province in Ecuador.
On 4 November 2021, Cormac Cullinan received the Gold Eco-Leadership Award at the 2021 Eco-Logic Awards.
The factory of Gardanne (Bouches du Rhône), is producing alumina or aluminum oxide, a material used to make electronic components, ceramics, and refractory material.
Earth Law Center and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) Youth Hub led two sessions on “Youth and the Rights of Nature Movement: shifting the paradigm for all future generations” at the first IUCN Global Youth Summit April 7-9.
An international panel has decided on a legal definition for ecocide as a crime against humanity as a whole, but above all, against the planet.
