Nicolas Blain, editor of the French language site for the Rights of Nature, Droits de la Nature, takes up the Rights of the Great Barrier Reef in his August 23rd blog piece.
Read Nicolas' original article, in French, on …
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Aug 24 2018
Greens Senator calls for Rights of Nature in Australia
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Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi spoke about the Rights of Nature in Australia in her first speech in the Senate on Tuesday 21 August 2018. At 19 minutes and 19 seconds (19:19), she said:
…Nature has intrinsic value, it is not
Aug 22 2018
Rights of the Great Barrier Reef: Interview with Dr Michelle Maloney
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Listen to AELA's convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, interviewed on ABC Drive (North Queensland) with Adam Stephen, discussing the purpose and push for the recognition of the legal rights of the Great Barrier Reef.
Listen to the interview on the ABC …
Apr 22 2018
Contaminated Life: The True Cost and Human Rights Impacts of Unconventional Gas Mining in Australia
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Dr Michelle Maloney, AELA’s National Convenor, was invited to write an opinion piece about whether fracking and coal seam gas violates human rights - read her moving piece linked below:
https://www.humansandnature.org/contaminated-life
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Apr 14 2018
Nature’s Rights Considered at Human Rights Tribunal
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The Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Earth Law Alliance are pleased to have prepared the first ever submission about the Rights of Nature, to the International Permanent Peoples Tribunal. The PPT on Fracking is being heard in May, and …
Apr 02 2018
It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
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The Australian Earth Laws Alliance's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney, is interviewed in this excellent piece on the rights of nature movement in Australia.
Article by Jane Gleeson-White
…The emerging international rights-of-nature movement aims to address the way western legal
Mar 19 2018
Annual Conference, New Economy Network Australia, 19-21 October 2018, Melbourne
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Everyone’s invited to join the new economy movement, and meet up at the New Economy Network Australia (NENA) Annual Conference in Melbourne, from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st October 2018.
For all the details, please visit the NENA website - …
Feb 13 2018
International Symposium, 25-26 October 2018, Brisbane – “Exploring our Legal Relationship with the Living World: Caring for Country, Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood”
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This 2 day international symposium will bring people together from around the world, to share their knowledge and insights about how ancient and emerging ecological law and governance systems are working in the 21st century, and what more can be …
Feb 13 2018
Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights, 27 October 2018
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Saturday 27th October 2018 – 8.30am to 5pm
The Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights is a unique forum for ecological and social justice in Australia. It has been created to enable people to share their concerns about …
Jan 01 2018
Evening Seminar, 16th March 2018, Katoomba – “Exploring Earth Laws”
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Exploring Earth Laws: Rights of Nature, Natural Personhood and Innovative Local Laws to Protect the Environment
Evening Seminar, Friday 16th March 2018, 6pm-7.30pm
Katoomba Leura Community Centre, 81-83 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, Blue Mountains
Join us for a fascinating evening of …
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