Greens Senator calls for Rights of Nature in Australia
August 24, 2018
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi spoke about the Rights of Nature in Australia in her first speech in the Senate on Tuesday 21 August 2018.Read more...
Rights of the Great Barrier Reef: Interview with Dr Michelle Maloney
August 22, 2018
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 ...Read more...
Contaminated Life: The True Cost and Human Rights Impacts of Unconventional Gas Mining in Australia
April 22, 2018
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 ...Read more...
Nature’s Rights Considered at Human Rights Tribunal
April 14, 2018
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance and the Earth Law Alliance are pleased to have prepared the first ever submission about the Rights of ...Read more...
It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
April 2, 2018
Read more...Article by Jane Gleeson-White
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.
APEEL releases ‘The Future of Australian Environmental Laws’
October 14, 2017
The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law (APEEL) have released a set of reports making recommendations about the 'next generation' of environmental laws at ...Read more...
Launch of the Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA)
October 13, 2017
Read more...The Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA) was launched on October 13, 2017 at the University of Siena (Italy) at the Santa Chiara Lab. The ELGA is created as an ...
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