The Rights of Nature Published: 6 February 2025 Dossier Our relationship with nature is severely disrupted. To sustainably protect people and the environment, we need new approaches – such as granting rights to nature. How can this approach be implemented and what opportunities does it offer for people and the environment?
COP30 in Brazil: Climate Change and the Point of No Return Published: 17 July 2025 Analysis Climate governance has been captured by solutions that involve the financialization of nature. The first COP in the Amazon is an opportunity to face the impacts of these projects, betting on the rights and territorial sovereignty of Amazonian populations. By Camila Moreno
Brazil: Facts, data, and knowledge about the world's largest rainforest Published: 24 June 2025 Amazon Atlas Since its colonization, the Amazon region has served as a projection surface for foreign ideas and desires. With the Brazilian Amazon Atlas, we want to deconstruct common stereotypes about the region - and show it from the perspective of its diverse inhabitants. By Imme Scholz, Marcelo Montenegro, Julia Dolce and Regine Schönenberg
Indigenous Perspectives: The Living Forest Published: 18 February 2025 Initiative Rights of nature require intercultural dialogue. Indigenous peoples actively advocate for them, but their worldviews and structures often differ from existing legal systems. By Jenny García Ruales
Mar Menor: Europe's first ecosystem with legal 'personhood’ Published: 5 February 2025 Case Study In 2022, the Spanish salt lagoon Mar Menor was recognized as a legal entity – a milestone for the Rights of Nature in Europe. A report on the history of this unique ecosystem and its path to legal subjectivity. By Eduardo Salazar-Ortuño and María Teresa Vicente Giménez
The UK Rights of Nature Movement Published: 4 February 2025 Initiative The Rights of Nature (RoN) movement in the UK has been revitalised over recent years, with much of activists’ work focusing on local initiatives for river rights, networking projects as well as alternative, direct approaches. By Paul Powlesland and Alex May
Rights of Nature and German civil society Published: 4 February 2025 Initiative Rights of Nature are a legal reality in many countries around the world and, since the recognition of the Spanish saltwater lagoon Mar Menor as a legal entity, also in Europe. In light of the ever-worsening ecological crises of our time, the idea of Rights of Nature has been gaining increasing traction in Germany. By Elena Ewering
Introducing Rights of Nature in Europe Published: 3 February 2025 Initiative A legal revolution is underway: Natural entities are increasingly recognized as rights-holders, not property. The Rights of Nature movement, strong in South America, is gaining momentum in Europe. By Cat Haas, Laura Burgers and Alex Putzer
Empowering Nature's Voice: The Global Impact of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal Published: 3 February 2025 Initative The International Tribunal of Rights of Nature (RoN) is a trailblazing citizen-driven initiative. Since 2014 the Tribunal serves as a public forum to address the widespread destruction of the Earth and advocates for a systemic alternative to conventional environmental protection and laws. By Jess Tyrrell