News, reflections and updates from our work at the Wild Law Institute and from the wider community advancing the Rights of Nature worldwide.

Presenting Rights of Nature at the Nature and Circularity Week 2025

Presenting Rights of Nature at the Nature and Circularity Week 2025

A celebration for 15 years of GARN

A celebration for 15 years of GARN

Rights of Nature Tribunal Issues Global Call for Earth-Centred Climate Action Ahead of COP30

Rights of Nature Tribunal Issues Global Call for Earth-Centred Climate Action Ahead of COP30

COP30: Rights of Nature Protests

COP30: Rights of Nature Protests

Earth Jurisprudence, Legal Personhood & African Indigenous Perspectives shape conservation dialogue

Earth Jurisprudence, Legal Personhood & African Indigenous Perspectives shape conservation dialogue

Reflecting on the Public Consultation of the Table Mountain Rights Initiative

Reflecting on the Public Consultation of the Table Mountain Rights Initiative

A celebratory gathering to honour Cormac Cullinan’s Antarctic vision

A celebratory gathering to honour Cormac Cullinan’s Antarctic vision

Cormac Cullinan wins the prestigious Shackleton Medal for the protection of the Polar Regions

Cormac Cullinan wins the prestigious Shackleton Medal for the protection of the Polar Regions

Proposal to recognize Table Mountain as a ‘living’ entity with inherent rights

Proposal to recognize Table Mountain as a ‘living’ entity with inherent rights

Kukama community leader wins 2025 Goldman Prize for securing legal rights for Peru's Marañón River

Kukama community leader wins 2025 Goldman Prize for securing legal rights for Peru's Marañón River

Antarctic Governance must adapt to dynamic continental changes

Antarctic Governance must adapt to dynamic continental changes

Rights of Nature Tribunal finds Canadian miners guilty of violating Nature's Rights

Rights of Nature Tribunal finds Canadian miners guilty of violating Nature's Rights

A New Zealand Mountain granted legal personhood. Here’s why that matters

A New Zealand Mountain granted legal personhood. Here’s why that matters

Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park

Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park

Gathering for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) in Siena, Italy

Gathering for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) in Siena, Italy

Celebrate World Environment Day by joining the Rights of Nature movement

Celebrate World Environment Day by joining the Rights of Nature movement

Harmonious Coexistence - A new vision for conservation in South Africa

Harmonious Coexistence - A new vision for conservation in South Africa

Ecuador becomes first country to give legal rights to animals

Ecuador becomes first country to give legal rights to animals

Jane Goodall speaks in support of the Los Cedros protected forest in Ecuador

Jane Goodall speaks in support of the Los Cedros protected forest in Ecuador

Ecuador's Highest Court Enforces Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’ to Safeguard Los Cedros Protected

Ecuador's Highest Court Enforces Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’ to Safeguard Los Cedros Protected

Wild Law Institute Director voices opposition to Shell seismic survey

Wild Law Institute Director voices opposition to Shell seismic survey

Declaration for the Rights of Antarctica - join the movement

Declaration for the Rights of Antarctica - join the movement

Ecuador frog faces threat of extinction from mining project

Ecuador frog faces threat of extinction from mining project

Cormac Cullinan wins Eco-Leadership Award

Cormac Cullinan wins Eco-Leadership Award

Toxic Mud in Mediterranean

Toxic Mud in Mediterranean

Rights of nature and future generations!

Rights of nature and future generations!

Legal definition of ecocide as a crime against the planet

Legal definition of ecocide as a crime against the planet

A Tribunal for Earth: Why it matters

A Tribunal for Earth: Why it matters