THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: Universal Declaration for Rights of Rivers
THE REGIONAL CONTEXT: “Save The Colorado Launches ‘Rights of Nature’ Program To Counter Wall-Street Takeover of Colorado’s Rivers”
ACCELERATE THE RIGHTS OF NATURE MOVEMENT!
Background Resources
- For an informative overview watch: “Rights of Nature – A Global Documentary“
- A book that parallels the film and provides background on many of the rights of nature campaigns both in the U.S. and around the world: The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World by David R. Boyd
- Ted Talk by Kelsey Leonard.
- Community Toolkit from Earth Law Center
- An overview from the Waterkeeper Alliance, link here to Youtube video:
- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature Map (also a list of video and book resources etc.)
Recent Articles
- “Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature”, Issue 94: Evolving — Nautilus
- “Florida County Overwhelmingly Supports Giving Legal Rights to Rivers”, Circle of Blue
- “Should Rivers Have The Same Legal Rights As Humans?” — NPR
- “Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time”,Yale 360
- “Dramatic Global Rise in Laws Defending Rights of Nature”, Reuters
- “Could the Ohio River have rights? A movement to grant rights to the environment tests the power of local control”, Environmental Health News
- “Rights of Rivers Enter the Mainstream”, by Grant Wilson in Ecological Citizen
- “Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights? Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.”, MinnPost
- “Time To Recognize and Respect Rivers’ Legal Rights”, Third Pole
- “Water Markets vs Rights of Nature for the West’s Rivers”, Water Deeply
Law School Textbook (new in 2021)
Connections with Groups (local, national, international) promoting Rivers’ Rights