| Just over a year ago, the people of Ecuador voted in a new constitution that made the country the very first in the world to recognize the Rights of Nature in its constitution, and in so doing, made Ecuador the first country to base its system of environmental protection on rights. So far, approximately a dozen communities in the U.S. have adopted laws recognizing Rights of Nature. Find out more about the Rights of Nature and the work that’s occurring in Ecuador and the U.S.
Coauthor of Building the Green Economy, Biggs directs the Local Green Economy project at Global Exchange and is a rights-based organizer for California.
Linzey is an attorney and executive director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
Margil is the associate director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
Melo is a human rights attorney based in Quito, Ecuador. |