Berros describes some of the first cases in which Rights of Nature was directly referenced in the courts of Ecuador.
Kalantzakos describes how flawed policy decisions damaged Greece’s Archeloos river, and how Rights of Nature could have mitigated the damage.
Brara relates a story of contemporary India in the process of transition, where legal approaches to Nature are changing.
Mariqueo-Russell highlights the mutually supportive relationship between Rights of Nature and the Precautionary Principal.
The authors of this volume explore the potential value and challenges of the Rights of Nature concept by examining legal theory, politics, and recent case studies.
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This essay examines environmental thought in China and the West to propose an “ecological history” that offers new ways to think about the human/nature relationship.
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Nicola von Thurn’s statement on her art installation, Staged Wilderness and Male Dreams, based on the RCC workshop “Men and Nature.”
Jody Chan and Joe Curnow analyze the different gender and race dynamics in the student climate movement, asking why White men’s participation is constructed as being more valuable.
Noémi Gonda explores how the masculine figure of the cattle rancher plays a part in local explorations of climate change adaptation in Nicaragua.
Through a reading of two Victorian travel memoirs, Will Abberley demonstrates the contradictions in Victorian attitudes towards masculinity, nature, and emotions.
