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Sep
07
ERCS's Environmental Rights Summit

ERCS's Environmental Rights Summit

LFN Researcher Alex May had a great time attending the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland's Environmental Rights Summit yesterday.
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Jul
17
#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

#LCAW2023 - A Circle of Perspectives towards Restorative and Multispecies Justice

It felt very special to weave together powerful campaigns, community-led solutions, water meditation, song and ideas generation around system and consciousness shift at the #LCAW2023 event, "A Circle of Perspectives towards restorative and multispecies justice"
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May
03
River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

River Action UK: We are proud to be signatories to the UK’s Charter for Rivers

Our rivers are in crisis. Every single river in England is polluted beyond legal limits. Our wildlife is disappearing, and
2 min read
Apr
07
We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

We're Hiring a Research Assistant to work on Rights of Nature and Corporate Governance

Lawyers for Nature is primarily a volunteer-based organisation, however recently, we gratefully received funding which allows us to focus on
1 min read
Apr
06
Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Welcoming the Report by the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

The Constitutional Recognition of the Rights of Nature features in new report.
1 min read
Mar
29
Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

Consider the Lilies: Giving Nature a Voice in the C Suite

By David Hunter - also available on Bates Wells' website Magazine articles and blogs, conference videos and podcasts, books
5 min read
Jan
21
Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers: Definitions and Declarations in the Movement

Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers: Definitions and Declarations in the Movement

By Krishan Nursimooloo in association with XR Ireland and Claire Nevin The concept of Rights of Nature challenges the way
8 min read
Nov
02
Paul Powlesland is elected to the Bar Council on a climate action mandate that advocates ‘Justice for All’

Paul Powlesland is elected to the Bar Council on a climate action mandate that advocates ‘Justice for All’

By Paul Powlesland When I was born, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were 348 parts per million. This year, the
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Sep
30
Rights of Nature in Ireland – Towards a Living Island of Rights-Bearing Communities: Submission to the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Rights of Nature in Ireland – Towards a Living Island of Rights-Bearing Communities: Submission to the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

By Claire Nevin In April 2022, the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss (“The Assembly”) held its inaugural meeting in
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Sep
22
Case Study: Nature on the Board at Faith in Nature

Case Study: Nature on the Board at Faith in Nature

Under advice from Lawyers for Nature, cruelty-free and vegan cosmetics company Faith in Nature have appointed a Nature Director to their board.
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