Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights
@RightsOfNature
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Our founders have worked with the first places in the world to establish legal Rights of Nature.
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Joined June 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Inter-American Court of Human Rights Recognizes Importance of #RightsOfNature in Face of “Triple Planetary Crisis” - Court: The rights of nature provides “effective legal tools…to prevent existential damage before it becomes irreversible”.
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CDER Submission to the Court Focused on the Need to Protect the Rights of Nature to Address Environmental Crises Advisory Opinion: The rights of nature provides “effective legal tools…to prevent...
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Check out a new interview with CDER's Director of our Tribal #RightsOfNature program, Frank Bibeau. Frank talks about the rights of wild rice.
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It Was Never Your Democracy Anyway! Check out CDER's Thomas Linzey on the Crazy Town Podcast. #rightsofnature #democraticrights #democracy
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Democracy and environmental protection have two things in common: (1) they’re both supposed to be enshrined in the laws of the United States and (2) they’re both under severe attack right now. Asher...
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New Event! June 25th @FNDI303 is hosting a webinar on protecting land and the #rightsofnature with conservation easements, and indigenizing easements. CDER's Thomas Linzey will present. Register today!
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Join CDER's Thomas Linzey and Frank Bibeau for a "Rights of Nature 101" webinar tomorrow - Tuesday, June 17 - hosted by the Alliance for a Viable Future. Register now! #rightsofnature
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Don't miss CDER's Thomas Linzey speaking Friday at the @bioneers conference, on the Bioregional Climate Action Strategies panel! #rightsofnature
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As climate breakdown escalates, communities are increasingly realizing that climate action and resilience have as much to do with actual ecological boundaries as with political boundaries on a map....
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Read the guest essay from our partner Dr. Dickson Adom of Rights of Nature Ghana. #RightsOfNature
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Don’t miss CDER’s Thomas Linzey speaking at the @Bioneers Conference on March 28! #rightsofnature
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Don’t miss CDER’s Thomas Linzey speaking at this year’s Bioneers Conference!
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New @grist article. CDER's #rightsofnature Tribal Program Director, Frank Bibeau, explains how tribes see “rights inherent in nature.” Frank represented manoomin, or wild rice, to enforce its rights against a fossil fuel pipeline.
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Frank Bibeau, Tribal Attorney and director of our Tribal Rights of Nature Program , explains how tribes see “rights inherent in nature.” He describes how he represented manoomin, or wild rice, to...
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Support the #RightsOfNature this holiday season with a gift to CDER. Donations within the U.S. are tax-deductible. Thank you!
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Our programs are fueled by our dedicated staff, caring volunteers, and generous donors like you. Please support our work today. Thank you!
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Last night, Ojai, CA, adopted a #rightsofnature law, recognizing the rights of water bodies, flora, and fauna, to “exist, flourish, and regenerate.” .
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New #RightsOfNature Event: Nov 16-17. With CDER's Hugo Echeverria and Mari Margil! The Centre For Law & the Environment at the Allard School of Law, Univ. British Columbia - Rights of Nature: From Law on the Books to Law in Action. @AllardLaw
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PRESS RELEASE: Indigenous Peoples’ Day: First Tribe in the U.S. Adopts Constitution Enshrining the Enforceable Rights of Nature - Rappahannock Tribal Constitution Recognizes Rights of the Rappahannock River #rightsofnature @rappahannocks @LeilaConners.
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First Tribe in the U.S. Adopts Constitution Enshrining the Enforceable Rights of Nature: Rappahannock Tribal Constitution Recognizes the Rights of the Rappahannock River
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¡Mañana! 1 October, Webinar: #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza y la Emergencia Climática, en español. 10am Quito. Hugo Echeverria, CDER abogado en Ecuador; Agustín Grijalva, ex magistrado de la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador @hugoeche1 #rightsofnature.Registrar:
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1 Oct, Webinar: #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza y la Emergencia Climática, en español. 11am Eastern. Panelistas: CDER's Hugo Echeverría, nuestro abogado en Ecuador; Agustín Grijalva, ex magistrado de la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador; y mas! .Registrarse:
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Sept 28: CDER's Mari Margil will keynote on #rightsofnature at the Norman Maclean Literary Festival in Missoula, MT. Register today! @macleanfestival
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CDER's new opinion piece by Mari Margil & Hugo Echeverría on how the rights of nature can protect Yasuní National Park, in Ecuador's Amazon, from oil drilling. @mongabay
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With the past 10 years, the hottest on record, and four days in July the hottest ever recorded, the climate emergency is coming ever more into focus. Directly linked to the acceleration of species...
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Tomorrow! Wednesday, July 17 - 10am Eastern/9am Ecuador - Webinar in English & Español. El webinar se desarrollará en un Español e Inglés. The #RightsOfNature & the Triple Planetary Crisis, Lessons from Ecuador. Watch live: .Passcode: 905196
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July 17 - Webinar hosted by CDER, GWU Law School, and Earth Law Center - on the #RightsOfNature & the Triple Planetary Crisis, Lessons to be Learned from Ecuador. In English & Español. Register today!
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Sunday, June 23: Tribal Attorney Frank Bibeau, Director of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) Tribal #RightsOfNature Program, will make a keynote presentation at the Anishinaabe Law Conference. Register today!
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CDER's Frank Bibeau to Keynote Anishinaabe Law Conference
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