Defending Ecuador’s Los Cedros forest
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- Apr 5
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From use of genetic resources to care for biodiversity
I am in Geneva at the UN conference on biodiversity from 12 – 29 March 2022 to speak on behalf of Mother Earth and all her living beings...
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- Oct 22, 2021
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Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council
Hi, I am a Whale and currently live in the southern Oceans. I recently heard fantastic news. The UN human rights council announced a...
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- Jun 23, 2021
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Ecocide must be listed alongside genocide
Large-scale environmental destruction affects the future of all life on our planet. Criminalising it would finally hold decision-makers...
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- Apr 22, 2021
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Earth Day summit aims for more consensus on cutting emissions
The summit will focus on momentum and ambition, economic opportunity, green finance and innovation to combat climate change. Hannah...
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- Apr 22, 2021
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10 things we learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
The secret to wombat poop, how skies turn orange, and what a cold ocean blob could mean for the climate. By Benji Jones and Brian...
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- Apr 18, 2021
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22 April Mother Earth Day
For Mother Earth Day Please sign and share the petition for a UN Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth https://www.thepetitionsite.com/82...
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- Apr 14, 2021
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Rights of Mother Earth 'In action for Nature'
Doris Ragettli (57) collected more than 400,000 signatures for her cause and spoke for it at the UN. By Fabian Gubser In Switzerland, a...
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- Mar 31, 2021
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LAKES WITH LEGAL RIGHTS AND PARKS CLASSED AS PEOPLE? THE CASE FOR ‘RIGHTS FOR NATURE’
November 15, 2020·by sn17012209· in 2020 SciComm Students, Biodiversity, Conservation. The 2014 Lake Erie algal bloom that prompted the...
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- Mar 27, 2021
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The Rhine and Rigi should be allowed to go to court!
National councillors want to give the environment a legal claim and amend the Federal Constitution. At the head of the global Mother...
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- Feb 3, 2021
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Rivers could generate nuclear power plants worth of energy
By Robert F. Service Dec. 4, 2019 , 3:05 PM BOSTON—Green energy advocates may soon be turning blue. A new membrane could unlock the...
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- Feb 3, 2021
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UK Government accused of 'disappointing progress'
Lisa Holland Climate change correspondent @LisaatSky The criticism comes at the start of a year when the UK will host the landmark COP26...
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- Jan 31, 2021
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Climate change: Biggest global poll supports 'global emergency'
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Despite the pandemic, almost two thirds of people around the world now view climate change as a...
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- Jan 25, 2021
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Boris Johnson calls for action against 'devastating' climate change with new coalition
Aubrey Allegretti Political reporter @breeallegretti Boris Johnson will call for countries to do more to tackle the "devastating" effects...
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- Jan 24, 2021
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Rights of Mother Earth changes from 'News' to 'Blog'
The rights of Mother Earth team has decided to move to a more spontaneous delivery of news items by introducing a blog to their website...
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- Jan 24, 2021
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New Zealand declares a climate change emergency
Jacinda Ardern calls climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’ and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025 Source:...
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- Jan 24, 2021
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BELGIUM GREEN PARTY INTRODUCES BILL TO MAKE ECOCIDE A CRIME
Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement last month in support of a crime of ecocide, the Belgian Ecolo-Groen parties have...
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- Jan 24, 2021
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PRESIDENT MACRON “SHARES AMBITION” TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL CRIME OF ECOCIDE
President Emmanuel Macron of France met the 150 randomly selected members of the citizens assembly on climate, the Convention Citoyenne...
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- Jan 24, 2021
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International Day for Biodiversity
May 22nd is the International Day for Biological Diversity and the theme chosen by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity...
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