At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature
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.
By Katie Surma
Rights of Nature
Remembering the ‘Visionary’ Author of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment
By Marie Cusick
Rights of Nature Laws Are Coming Up Against Legal Systems Designed for Destruction
By Katie Surma
Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia’s Magdalena River From Fracking
By Katie Surma
In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science
Story and photos by Katie Surma
How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws
By Katie Surma
How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews
By Katie Surma
Scientists Push for More Ambitious Climate Targets
By Bob Berwyn
‘I Am the River’: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand’s Law
By Katie Surma
In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins
By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution
By Katie Surma
AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?
By Katie Surma
Ecuadorians to Vote on Constitutional Rewrite, Possibly Gutting Rights of Nature
By Katie Surma
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon
By Teresa Tomassoni
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World
By Katie Surma
The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights
By Katie Surma
The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales
By Katie Surma
