Greetings, friends
and allies -
As our movement reaches
key milestones on the road to COP30, we let you
in on all the critical motions on rivers,
oceans, and Antarctica being presented at the
IUCN World Conservation Congress, reflect on
Climate Week NYC, and groundbreaking
legal advances. Yet, amid this progress, we
cannot ignore the alarming situation
unfolding in Ecuador, where hard-won
protections, like those safeguarding the Los
Cedros cloud forest, are under threat from
sweeping legal reforms. These attacks remind us
that the Rights of Nature must not only be
enshrined but fiercely
defended.
Read on to explore these
stories, learn about new opportunities to
engage, and join us in strengthening a global
movement rooted in justice, reciprocity, and the
flourishing of all
life. | |
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🌿 Rights of Nature
motions at the heart of the
IUCN World
Conservation Congress |
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From 9–12 October 2025,
the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu
Dhabi will decide the future of global
conservation policy. This year, Rights of
Nature is at the center of critical motions:
Recognizing the rights of Antarctica,
transforming our relationship with the ocean,
protecting rivers as living entities, promoting
coexistence & ecological recovery, and
perationalizing Rights of Nature in real
territories. Why it matters: these
motions influence international law, shape
biodiversity policy, and strengthen the
recognition of ecosystems as living communities
with their own
rights. |
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Coming up: Rights of
Nature at COP30, join
us! |
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For the past three
years, UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP)
has been hosted by oil-producing nations (Egypt
2022, UAE 2023, and Azerbaijan 2024) where civil
society participation and activism faced
significant limitations. COP30 in 2025 in
Brazil marks a significant shift. Brazil, an
Amazonian country with a government open to
civil society and with existing Rights of Nature
legislation, offers a strategic opportunity to
amplify the Rights of Nature movement
globally.
GARN will be
advocating inside and outside COP30 for the
recognition of the Rights of Nature, a
systemic solution to climate change,
biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction. We are
bringing forward three key initiatives. Read all
about them! |
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Rights of Nature
rising at Climate Week
NYC |
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From September 21–26,
GARN joined civil society in New York City
for Climate Week, bringing the Rights of
Nature movement to the heart of global climate
conversations. Across powerful gatherings, GARN
amplified Indigenous leadership, grassroots
voices, and legal innovation, from the
Indigenous Council’s call to action on
the inseparability of Indigenous rights and
Nature’s rights, to the International Rights
of Nature Tribunal’s landmark verdict against
the Mountain Valley
Pipeline. |
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Funding opportunity:
For Nature Request for
Proposal! |
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The National
Geographic Society announces the For
Nature Request for Proposal (RFP), developed
in collaboration with National Geographic
Explorer Callie Veelenturf. This funding
opportunity aims to support research and
conservation projects that leverage
scientific data to drive high-impact initiatives
and advance nature's legal protection. The For
Nature program seeks to catalyze global momentum
for the Rights of Nature movement by
placing science at its
core. |
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📣 Opportunity for
Rights of Nature dissertations & essays in
German & English! |
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The Winter Foundation
for the Rights of Nature works to advance
substantial environmental protection through
legal-based initiatives and projects.
The Foundation is now
accepting applications for its 2026
Prize:
Dissertations (10,000
EUR)
Essays (3 × 2,000
EUR)
on
the Rights of Nature. Deadline: 31 March
2026.
Other languages might
be accepted, but they will be reviewed in a case
by case basis by the
jury. |
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Watch now! The Road of
the Rights of Nature to COP30 - Rights of Nature
Tribunal |
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As the world prepares
for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, GARN and the
International Rights of Nature Tribunal held an
online session to highlight how recognizing
and implementing the Rights of Nature can
transform the fight for climate justice.
Participants explored GARN’s 15 years of work
advancing the Rights of Nature, discovered the
Policy of Defenders with testimony from affected
communities, and learned about the upcoming
Tribunal hearing “A New Pledge for Mother
Nature” in Belém. |
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We present GARN’s
Outstanding Member of the
Month:
Callie
Veelenturf! |
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This month, GARN proudly
recognizes Callie Veelenturf as our
Outstanding Member of the Month for her
groundbreaking marine conservation work in
Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador, including
co-drafting Panama’s Rights of Nature Law
(287), pioneering the world’s first legal
rights for sea turtles, and founding For
Nature at the National Geographic Society.
Her leadership is bridging science and law to
inspire a global paradigm
shift. |
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"In the global journey
to recognize the Rights of Nature, I have found
my life's purpose, particularly through the use
of marine and ecological science to justify and
exemplify this powerful legal framework in
practice, and in GARN, I have found a family, an
international team on this same mission, working
together to provide Nature with the ultimate
level of legal protection. Recognition like
this, coming from a family I admire so deeply,
is the greatest encouragement to carry on
together, for Nature" |
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Do
you know an individual or organization advancing
the Rights of Nature? |
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Nominate them—or
yourself—for GARN's Outstanding Member of the
Month! Join GARN as a member for free and
receive the link to apply straight to your
inbox. |
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Episode 7 of GARN’s
podcast,
Conversations with
Mother Nature, is now
live! |
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We’re excited to share
Episode 7 of Conversations with Mother
Nature, a deep dive into the
Eco-Jurisprudence Monitor (EJM), an open-access
platform mapping ecological law initiatives and
organizing the resources communities need to use
them. Our guests, Alessandro Pelizzon (GARN
Executive Committee; University of the Sunshine
Coast) and Craig Kauffman (University of
Oregon), helped build this effort through GARN’s
Academic Hub, bringing research, pedagogy, and
practice into
conversation. |
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Interesting Rights of
Nature reads &
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Español:
Nuevo libro sobre Derechos de la Naturaleza en
América Latina |
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La ONG FIMA acaba de
lanzar “Exploraciones interdisciplinarias
de los Derechos de la Naturaleza”, una
publicación que reúne siete capítulos con
miradas desde la filosofía, el derecho
ambiental, las ciencias sociales y ambientales,
con prólogo de nuestra directora Natalia
Greene. |
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More-Than-Human
Life (MOTH) Program's Festival of
Ideas |
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The More-Than-Human Life
(MOTH) Program's Festival of Ideas is "an
annual academic and public space dedicated to
the interdisciplinary exploration of ideas for
earthly flourishing" and will be held May
18-20, 2026 in New York City. Apply to
present by Nov 15,
2025. |
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The
scientists making the case for Nature’s
rights |
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The Rights of Nature is
one of the fastest-growing movements on the
planet. Now, scientists are increasingly
signing on, working with Indigenous
communities and others to advance laws and
philosophies on behalf of the more-than-human
world. |
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The bloom of Nature's
rights |
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Affirming that humans
are an integral part of the natural world and
its interconnected systems, the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights embraces an
Earth-centred approach, which maintains that
we are not above the world that surrounds us; we
are a part of
it. |
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How
the Rights of Nature movement is reshaping law
& culture |
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From the sacred peaks of
Aotearoa to the rivers of Colombia and the
contested waters of Lake Erie, a global movement
is emerging to grant the natural world legal
personhood, driven by Indigenous worldviews and
a growing call for environmental
justice. |
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Who do environmental laws really
protect? |
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In this article, GARN
Youth Hub and Youth for Ecocide Law explore
how the Ecocide Law and the Rights of Nature
can transform our legal systems to truly
defend the Earth. These two youth-led movements
are joining forces to demand real ecological
justice and hold those who harm ecosystems
accountable. |
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Support the Rights of
Nature! |
Make your contribution
to the movement by donating to the Global
Alliance for the Rights of
Nature!
Together, we are
building a powerful global movement to
recognize, respect and defend the Rights of
Nature. | |
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