A key response to environmental degradation, climate change and declining biodiversity
has been the growing adoption of market principles in an effort to better value the social …

Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a definitive manifestation of
the well-worn links between progress and devastation. This book explores the complex …

Rights of Nature, the idea of extending legal personhood to nature, is today's most
prominent alternative to mainstream environmental governance. Proponents describe …

Wild Law is an emerging theory of earth-centred law and governance that is stimulating a
burgeoning field of academic literature and grassroots activism. While it draws broadly on …

The 'Rights of Mother Earth'is a call to leave the dominant anthropocentric paradigm and to
imagine a new Earth society. The anthropocentric viewpoint is that human beings are the …

In 2011, in one sign of a burgeoning interest in the morality of human interactions with
nonhuman animals, a panel hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of …

The proposal to adopt the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth (UDRME)
sought to challenge the hegemony of green economy at Rio+ 20. The essence of this …

This chapter explores ideas about the rights of nature are being understood, ignored,
contested, and reshaped on the ground in Ecuador today as the country undergoes what …

Te Awa Tupua comprises the Whanganui River as an indivisible and living whole, from the
mountains to the sea, incorporating its tributaries and all its physical and metaphysical …

​ This book provides a new interpretation of international law specifically dedicated to
Indigenous peoples in the context of a climate justice approach. The book presents a critical …