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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🇮🇳Join GARN Asia Pacific Hub webinar on Friday, October 16 at 10:30 AM IST to explore Rights of Nature in India 🐝 Featuring Shardha Rajam and Atreyo Banerjee, and hosted by Shrishtee Bajpai and Dr Michelle Maloney. 🔗 Registration link: f.mtr.cool/p09a8fo3o7

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 09/09/2026

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has recognized the inherent legal rights of the Longperson waterway. Spearheaded by Indigenous girls aged 10 to 17, the resolution is the first all-female-led rights-of-nature effort in the U.S. Learn more in this story by Liz Kimbrough for #Mongabay.

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Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort

Before the proceedings began, the young women carried Longperson into the room with them, water gathered from the mountain headwaters and held in traditional pottery. The chamber filled beyond…

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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Panama’s president announced at the U.N. General Assembly that his country will lead an international push for a universal declaration on the rights of nature. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...

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At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature - Inside Climate News

Panama’s center-right president called on world leaders to adopt a new non-binding treaty, building on his nation’s own national rights of nature laws.

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Big Picture Science @bipisci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When gold mining threatened the Los Cedros cloud forest in Ecuador, one resident went to court to save it, following a growing 'rights of nature' movement led by indigenous people. Learn more on this week's episode: buff.ly/AOnWuTI

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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🌊🌳 From “evolutionary processes” to “preservation,” rights-of-nature laws embed conflicting ideas. New analysis of 10 global cases highlights how disciplinary perspectives shape interpretation—and why co-creation matters. 📖 buff.ly/It6BQ6k

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Nature @nature.com · 02/10/2026

Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path. go.nature.com/4rFLVZX

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Nature has rights — it is time the world recognized them

Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path.

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AMARME @alianzamarmenor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ceremonia de encuentro en la Laguna del #MarMenor con las aguas del río Whanganui y del río Loisach. Termina este acto de unión con el canto que representa la defensa del río Whanganui. Seguiremos defendiendo los derechos de la Naturaleza.

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Weave News @weavenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣NEW TODAY! What would happen if we built the proactive (rather than reactive) protection of Nature into our legal systems? A group of activists in #Mexico is moving that question from theory to practice by bringing forward a proposal to enshrine the #RightsOfNature in Mexico's constitution. 👇👇👇👇

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Los Derechos de la Naturaleza en México: Del Activismo Ciudadano a la Reforma Constitucional — Weave News

Tres activistas del Centro Ius Naturae destacan una iniciativa única e inspiradora para consagrar los derechos de la naturaleza en la Constitución de México por primera vez.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🌿 Meet GARN’s Outstanding Member of the Month: forNature! Founded by marine biologist Callie Veelenturf, forNature is now supporting the For Nature Coalition of States at the UN. More information about their work: garn.org/fornature

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇺🇸🌿 #RightsofNature news: The Waccamaw Tribe in the US passed a resolution recognizing the rights of the Yadkin-Pee Dee Watershed and its surrounding forests, wetlands, native plants and wildlife, making it the first governmental body in South Carolina to recognize the Rights of Nature.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌿 What does the Rights of Nature movement mean for landscape architects? A new article from the American Society of Landscape Architects: f.mtr.cool/xpqyw8ihc0

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎧🌿 Podcast: Fight for the Rights... of Nature GARN Indigenous Council facilitator Quetza Ramírez and GARN Asia-Pacific Hub facilitator Somabha Bandopadhay join the Sustainably Geeky Podcast to discuss the Rights of Nature movement: f.mtr.cool/qtd19rttaf

Densa vegetación en un entorno forestal tranquilo con árboles altos y luz natural.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌳 The Lewes Town Council in England unanimously adopted a Tree Charter recognizing the rights of trees, making the Sussex town the first in England to do so. The Charter acknowledges the intrinsic value of trees, woodlands, hedgerows and forests. Read more: f.mtr.cool/otgnhiyvki

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A SEI study on Colombia’s Atrato River & Bangladesh shows how extractive legal systems & bureaucratic delays stall implementation. Read more: f.mtr.cool/yqew3v94i4

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Honored to see two extraordinary GARN leaders featured in @the-independent.com 's #Climate100 List 2026! 🌍✨ Congrats to Casey Camp-Horinek (Chairwoman of GARN's Indigenous Council) & Dr. Vandana Shiva (GARN Founding Member) for their lifelong defense of Nature & climate justice. 🙌🌱

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How are multilateral bodies integrating Rights of Nature? This resource maps the transition of Earth jurisprudence into international law, human rights courts & global biodiversity targets: f.mtr.cool/awe94skwfb

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#RightsofNature in the BBC: River 'wife' hopes Avon will gain new rights A woman who "married" the River Avon in a campaign against sewage pollution is now calling for the river to be given greater legal protections. Read more: f.mtr.cool/dx6ch2ky8q

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the Tharaka community of Kenya, the living world has always been understood as a council including more than human voices. When a voice is removed from the council, it loses its capacity to govern. f.mtr.cool/vivimc3eig

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎥 Ms. Mphatheleni Makaulule, Mr. Gathuru Mburu, and Dr. Dickson Adom provide insight into African Cosmology, Ancestral Wisdom & Rights of Nature in practice. Learn about the various projects and initiatives taking place in South Africa, Kenya and Ghana: f.mtr.cool/9o3xo4lwcs

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

At Rev21’s Festival of Revolutions, GARN Asia-Pacific Hub facilitator Somabha Bandopadhay examined how regional networking and localized Earth jurisprudence are driving the global Rights of Nature movement forward. Watch here:

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

💧In 2016, Bangladesh and Colombia granted legal rights to rivers, but they went about it in very different ways. Ten years later, a new report looks at how these rulings impacted environmental protection governance:

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Case study report on rights of rivers in practice in Bangladesh and Colombia

This report examines how the rights of rivers are being implemented in practice through comparative analysis of the Turag and Atrato rivers cases.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🗣️📣 Add your voice! Public consultation on the Antarctica Declaration open until 30 Sept, 2026 🗻 🔹 The Declaration proposes recognizing Antarctica as a living entity with inherent rights to exist, regenerate, evolve and be represented. Submit now: antarcticrights.org/antarctica-declaration-2

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why do conventional environmental laws keep failing? Enviro lawyer Jessica den Outer reflects on the flaw in modern jurisprudence: f.mtr.cool/u7nenk02zd

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🗳️🌿 Reimagining Democratic Systems with More-than-humans What would democracy look like if rivers, ecosystems, future generations, and other-than-human beings had a place in governance? 📖 Read the article:

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The world's leading source for International Relations scholarship and insight. Click to read E-International Relations, a Substack publication.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌱 A new article from the University of Oslo's Sustainability Law blog explores how the transformative promise of the Rights of Nature lies far beyond mere legal recognition. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/3w840a3a73

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⛵ A "Barrister for the Earth" has sailed along the River Severn to urge communities to fight for its legal rights! 🔗 Read the full story here: f.mtr.cool/2okznol6d9

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🌍 Cormac Cullinan, renowned South African environmental attorney, author of Wild Law, and co-founder of GARN, explains Earth Jurisprudence and why it represents a fundamental shift in how human law relates to the natural world. Watch now: 🔗

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🌍 How can we learn about democracy from Indigenous peoples? In this new article by Ashish Kothari and Shrishtee Bajpai, we journey into the concept and lived practice of "earthy governance": f.mtr.cool/66ib4ktjes

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International Rights of Nature Tribunal @rontribunal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

⚖️✊🌳📣 LA AMAZONÍA ES SUJETO DE DERECHOS Y ZONA LIBRE DE COMBUSTIBLES FÓSILES. El Tribunal Internacional por los Derechos de la Naturaleza dictó su veredicto en Puyo, Ecuador en el marco del XII FOSPA. Más información: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/amazonia-combustibles-fosiles/?lang=es

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Māori, Kichwa and Colombian activists are winning legal protections for rivers, forests and ecosystems—and challenging humanity to become Earth’s guardians rather than its owners. Read now: f.mtr.cool/dzggshrunw

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International Rights of Nature Tribunal @rontribunal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🔴EN VIVO: 3er Tribunal Regional de los Derechos de la Naturaleza por una Amazonía Libre de Combustibles Fósiles en Puyo, Ecuador 🌿 Súmate a la transmisión: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QL...

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"O Direito da Natureza é indissociável de um Direitos Humanos que seja descolonial e pluriétnico" f.mtr.cool/szittnscns

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

💧🇮🇳 The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in India recognized the Tamirabarani River's rights. The court grounded the ruling specifically in the river's status as a deity worshipped by Hindus, writing that legal rights were conferred "not because it is a river but because She is a deity."

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Taynar Simpson, Chief of Alderville First Nation in Canada, details a historic milestone for environmental conservation: Ontario’s Rice Lake has been granted legal personhood under First Nation law. 🌿🌊

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Rice Lake granted legal rights under First Nation law | Broadview Magazine

The move turns reconciliation into environmental action on a lake facing invasive species, pollution and declining oxygen levels

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🇬🇧💧 The Bristol City Council in the UK has voted to adopt the Avon Charter, recognizing the River Avon's rights to health and vitality. The charter names seven rights, including the right to representation and advocacy, to exist naturally, flow sustainably, be free from pollution & more.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

¿Cómo se defienden los ríos Marañón y Puyo, o las abejas nativas en la Amazonía? Lideresas de Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Brasil se reúnen para compartir victorias territoriales y conectar sus luchas con iniciativas globales ante las Naciones Unidas. 🌿✊ 🔗 Regístrate en: bit.ly/ddn-en-accion

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🌍 Derechos de la Naturaleza en acción: Victorias desde la Amazonía en el XII FOSPA 📅 Martes 18 de agosto ⏰ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 📍Colegio Vicentino - Unidad Educativa San Vicente Ferrer (2do piso, Aula 7B) | XII Foro Social Panamazónico – Puyo, Ecuador 🔗 Regístrate en: bit.ly/ddn-en-accion

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International Rights of Nature Tribunal @rontribunal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🇻🇪 Caso Venezuela: Zonas de sacrificio en Paraguaná, a presentar el 19 de agosto ante la 3ra Sesión Regional del Tribunal de los Derechos de la Naturaleza en Puyo, Ecuador. ⚖️ Registro en persona: bit.ly/tribunal-ecuador o en línea: bit.ly/tribunal-amazonia-online

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌍 [New Rights of Nature resource!] The Max Planck Institute has just published a massive, comprehensive new report on the Rights of Nature. 🔗 Dive into the full report and expand your legal toolkit here: f.mtr.cool/mbsgdmnwlu

Magnífica vista de imponentes árboles de hoja perenne que se elevan hacia el cielo en el bosque de Vancouver.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In Scotland, the Ocean now has a seat at the boardroom table: The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has appointed a trustee to represent the ocean in its board meetings and decision-making. Environmental lawyer Helen Mitcheson is the first person to hold the role.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Rights of Nature movement grows, with the Wye and Ouse subject to new protection charters Read now: f.mtr.cool/vdgfsxmgiw

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🐝 Legal Rights Granted to Stingless Bees in the Amazon Could Inspire Similar Protections for Insects Worldwide f.mtr.cool/yxguzgzjgb

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International Rights of Nature Tribunal @rontribunal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🇪🇨 Caso Ecuador: Expansión XI Ronda Petrolera ⚖️ 3ra Sesión Regional del Tribunal de los Derechos de la Naturaleza por una Amazonía libre de Combustibles Fósiles ⚖️ Registro en persona: bit.ly/tribunal-ecuador o en línea: bit.ly/tribunal-amazonia-online

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🌿🇬🇧 The Avon Bioregion Charter of Rights, which outlines the rights of River Avon, is being considered by councils operating around the river’s catchment, town and parish councils: f.mtr.cool/mxamufsami

Río tranquilo que fluye a través de una exuberante jungla, rodeado de rica vegetación y piedras.

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Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) @garnglobal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🐋 In New Zealand, the proposed Tohorā Oranga Bill could recognize the rights of whales. But at the same time, weakened protections threaten the last 51 Rice whales in the Gulf of Mexico: f.mtr.cool/vvwlglooce

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michael mezzatesta @michaelmezz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Around the world, more and more communities are giving nature rights – which makes it illegal to harm the Earth. The Rights of Nature movement is building momentum in 700 communities across 66 countries, reminding us that systemic change starts locally. betterfuturemedia.substack.com/p/rights-of-...

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Revolution in The 21st Century @revolution21c.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Somabha Bandopadhyay shares insights from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature on advancing legal recognition for nature and integrating ecological justice into policy. Watch this Festival of Revolutions conversation: youtu.be/riVIoyB_qXA

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Rights of Nature and work of the Asia-Pacific Hub - Festival of Revolutions 2026

Somabha Bandopadhyay shares insights from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature on advancing legal recognition for nature and integrating ecological justice into policy. Support Rev21:…

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