In 2023, a group of small communities in Ecuador ousted the world’s largest copper mining company from their community forest reserve, asserting that the company was violating the “rights of nature” enshrined in the Ecuadorian constitution. In recent years,  countries like Ecuador, New Zealand, and India have passed rights-of-nature laws. This growing “rights of nature” … Continue reading New guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws