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Panama adopts a law that recognizes the rights of Nature

Panama joins Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, New Zealand, among other countries, that have reformed constitutions,…

This doctoral thesis analyzes the recent process of incorporating the idea of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) in different…

For years, Lake Erie – the southernmost of the Great Lakes (between Canada and the USA) has been…

The International Court’s historic ruling urges the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to ensure the immediate…

The Code of Ethical Conduct, adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2011, was named by a…

In September 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to incorporate in the Constitution the “rights…

Environmental law has long sought to protect the interests of nature and all of its elements. Sometimes this…

Part I examines the history of Indian sacred sites protection. It discusses the historic lack of agency protection…

The report aims to provide the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights with persuasive and substantive arguments…

This synthesis report is based on two studies promoted by the ICCA Consortium between 2011 and 2012. The…