rights of nature

Nov
28
LFN's Submission to Scottish Government Human Rights Consultation

LFN's Submission to Scottish Government Human Rights Consultation

Our submission highlighted the importance of a Rights of Nature approach to the Right to a Healthy Environment.
3 min read
Oct
25
Ask Not (Only) What Nature Can Do for Us – But Also What We Can Do for Nature

Ask Not (Only) What Nature Can Do for Us – But Also What We Can Do for Nature

Developing an ecocentric framework for nature connection.
5 min read
Sep
12
Report: Realising Rights of Nature: Understanding the Variety of Legal Instruments

Report: Realising Rights of Nature: Understanding the Variety of Legal Instruments

A new report by LFN Researcher Alex May.
2 min read
Sep
07
ERCS's Environmental Rights Summit

ERCS's Environmental Rights Summit

LFN Researcher Alex May had a great time attending the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland's Environmental Rights Summit yesterday.
2 min read
Jul
17
#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

It felt very special to weave together powerful campaigns, community-led solutions, water meditation, song and ideas generation around system and consciousness shift at the #LCAW2023 event, "A Circle of Perspectives towards restorative and multispecies justice"
2 min read
Jun
19
How to Make Rights of Nature Possible: A Newcomers' Guide to Changing Our Relationship with Nature

How to Make Rights of Nature Possible: A Newcomers' Guide to Changing Our Relationship with Nature

What is the Rights of Nature approach? Why do we need it in the UK? How do we bring it to life?
13 min read
May
03
River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

Our rivers are in crisis. Every single river in England is polluted beyond legal limits. Our wildlife is disappearing, and
2 min read
Apr
07
We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

Lawyers for Nature is primarily a volunteer-based organisation, however recently, we gratefully received funding which allows us to focus on
1 min read
Apr
06
Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

The Constitutional Recognition of the Rights of Nature features in new report.
1 min read
Mar
29
Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

By David Hunter - also available on Bates Wells' website Magazine articles and blogs, conference videos and podcasts, books
5 min read