Agroecology Fund’s Post

New report for Mongabay: Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling. On the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras, Garifuna Afro-Indigenous peoples seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands have been subjected to threats and violence by private developers, drug traffickers and state forces. In 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared Honduras responsible for violating the Garifuna peoples’ territorial rights and ordered the government to return the respective lands to its peoples. The state has still not complied with the ruling; meanwhile, Garifuna residents and human rights organizations say threats, criminalization and violence against them have increased. https://lnkd.in/exFm_i2C #Honduras #Garifuna #LandRights #Criminalization #IndigenousTerritory

In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples #UNDRIP, #CulturalSurvival is taking a look back at the top wins for #IndigenousPeoples over the past year. From historic #LandBack cases to positive legal rulings, there has been important progress. #IndigenousRights https://lnkd.in/edpvtGCG

I am an advocate for nature rights, this article highlights some of the great work being done by members of The More Than Human Rights (Moth) project I am a part of. 🦋 New York University #MoreThanHumanRights #NatureRights

When an entity would have legal rights to fight back but some complications persist. Any person or organisation, may be able to take legal action on behalf of the river but who can afford it? Legal battles require huge sums of money and can only be fought by individuals who have the resources for it. In turn, the entities of nature are exposed to legal actions when they attain the personhood rights. Entities like river move beyond national borders and therefore such laws do not apply to the entire course of the river. This means that rivers don’t really benefit from these rights, so then what measures must be taken to put a stop to their destruction and promote environmental conservation? #laws #rights #legalrights #rivers #yamuna #ganga #personhoodrights #boundary #national #nature Should rivers have legal personhood rights?

Video: https://lnkd.in/gRYBp9BW Legal rights for wild #nature are increasingly being enshrined in legal systems around the planet. Federal, state, and local governments—oftentimes led by #Indigenous nations—are adopting protections for non-human species at a rapid clip. The momentum is such that some are working to ban the practice before legal claims are even made, such as the Republican-dominated #Utah State Legislature where the Great Salt Lake is on the verge of ecological collapse. At the 12th World Wilderness Congress last week convened in the Black Hills, Hé Sapa in Lakota, Deceleration sat in on a panel concerning efforts underway to enshrine rights for nature, particularly from an Indigenous perspective. We later sat down with Britt Gondolfi, the panel’s moderator, and asked her help to unpack the possibilities of the rights of nature movement. Rights of nature may be a novel concept for many, but it is part of a growing toolbox being accessed to protect the Earth and her many families, who together make humanity’s livelihood on the planet possible. Here Gondolfi, the #RightsofNature Project Cordinator for the nonprofit Bioneers, puts the rights of nature movement in historical perspective by highlighting past legal supports for such odious practices as human slavery and denying women the right to vote. She also offers a shout out to #SanAntonio organizing efforts to protect migratory bird rookeries from the City of San Antonio’s violent displacement efforts across the parks system. As she concludes: “Save Brackenridge Park!” — Greg Harman https://lnkd.in/gRYBp9BW #texas #birds #birding #environment #earth #law #earthlaw #texas

As we approach the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we’re urging P&G to adopt a comprehensive Human Rights Defender policy immediately! https://lnkd.in/ggMbRMjz

Whales given legal personhood by pacific indigenous leaders. This is such an interesting concept. I'm not sure I support legal status as a "person". I would think it's a downgrade in a lot of respects for a whale. I do think though there is value in considering the merits of entity recognition and independent representation of nature in our legal systems. At the moment the primary reliance for environmental protection is on government legislation. There's been precedence too around granting rights to nature - with examples I believe like the Whanganui River in NZ, Bangladesh rivers and a forest in Ecaudor. Taking a social value lens, we often think about protecting the environment for people's benefit - which I would say is the social value element. There is a separate benefit pathway though for the "environment" itself = environmental value (if you take aside for the moment that people are also part of the environment). Social value & environmental value outcomes don't always align, nor do these necessarily match economic value objectives. Perhaps assigning more specific rights to nature, including rights of representation, can help decision making - especially when we have to choose between what value gets priority in specific circumstances? #socialimpact #socialvalue #nature

#Environment and justice advocacy group, the Network for Environment and Climate Justice (NECJ) has called on the government and development partners to protect and promote all #humanrights for #victims of Cyclone Idai. A total of 279 individuals were declared missing since the cyclone hit Chimanimani District in 2019.In a statement, the #advocacy group said the government should ensure advancement of civil and political rights in the wake of natural disasters. “It is critical for the #government and #development partners to ensure that affected #communities have the necessary capacity to adapt to climate change particularly those that are most #vulnerable . There is need to devote resources towards the realization of socialization, economic and cultural rights of these.

This is an important development and underscores the importance of local mobilization at the grassrroots level: #climatechange #switzerland #ECHR

Inspiring explanation on the Rights of Nature and its implementation in Ecuador. All living beings have the same rights, humans are (part of) nature. Many indigenous people have understood and recognized this, and have lived by the principles of solidarity, unity and reciprocity. This is based on the notion of harmony, and that we cannot have wellbeing and welfare if there is no harmony between us at the community level and with nature - Sumak Kawsay ('Good Living') https://lnkd.in/e76Qw7vX (thank you Mika Peck)