Standing for Nature : Legal Strategies for Environmental Justice

Rights of Nature laws are becoming a vital tool for addressing environmental injustice.From New Zealand and India to Ecuador and Bolivia, advocates have successfully secured legal rights for rivers, forests, and mountains.Granting rights to nature has the potential to expand environmental protections, strengthen indigenous rights, promote sustainable development, and alter how humans relate to nature.Despite these promises, rights of Nature laws have met with greater resistance in some countries than in others. Standing for Nature offers advocates a blueprint for creating, implementing, and safeguarding rights of Nature laws.This book looks closely at four examples-New Zealand, Colombia, Bangladesh, and the United States-to explain why these laws have been successful in some places but not others.Through this comparative exploration, the authors highlight key strategies for advancing rights of Nature laws in the United States and around the world.These lessons include an examination of