Sustainability and the rights of nature in practice /
"This book provides practictioners from diverse cultures around the world the opportunity to describe their own projects, successes, and challenges in moving toward a legal personhood for Nature. It includes contributions from Nepal, New Zealand, U.S. Native American cultures, and Scotland, amo...
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CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
Publication Dates: | [2020] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Social-environmental sustainability
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Summary: |
"This book provides practictioners from diverse cultures around the world the opportunity to describe their own projects, successes, and challenges in moving toward a legal personhood for Nature. It includes contributions from Nepal, New Zealand, U.S. Native American cultures, and Scotland, amongst others, by practitioners working on projects that can be integrated into a Rights of Nature framework. The authors also tackle required changes to shift the paradigm such as thinking of Nature in a sacred manner, questioning Nature's rights versus human rights, conceptualization of restoration, and the removal of a large-scale energy infrastructure"-- |
Carrier Form: | xviii, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138584518 (hardcover) : 1138584517 (hardcover) 9780429505959 (electronic book) 0429505957 (electronic book) |
Index Number: | K3585 |
CLC: | D912.6 |
Call Number: | D912.6/S964 |
Contents: |
Introduction : rights of nature, sacred lands and sustainability in the Western tradition / Defending the tree of life : the ethical justification for the rights of nature in a theory of justice / Rights of nature : myth, films, laws and the future / Nature's rights in permaculture / Kiribati and climate change / 'When God put daylight on Earth we had one voice' : Kwakwaka'wakw perspectives on sustainability and the rights of nature / environmental sustainability : the case of Bhutan / The restoration of the Caledonian forest and the rights of nature / The significance of the stewardship ethic of the indigenous peoples of Nigeria's Niger Delta Region on biodiversity conservation / German Energiewende : a way to sustainable societies? / Seasonally flooded savannas of South America : sustainability and the cattle-wildlife mosaic / Ocean rights: the Baltic Sea and world ocean health / A river is born : New Zealand confers legal personhood on the Whanganui River to protect it and its native people / The rights of nature in Ecuador : an overview of the new environmental paradigm / The Godavari marble case and rights of nature discourse in Nepal / Nature's rights : why the European Union needs a paradigm shift in law to achieve its 2050 vision / Nature's rights through lawmaking in the United States / The experiment with rights of nature in India / Caring for country and rights of nature in Australia : a conversation between earth jurisprudence and Aboriginal law and ethics / Conclusion : nature's laws of reciprocity / |