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Wildlife

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals?

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

October 18, 2021

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Claire Hamlett

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

A Critical Fight for the Rights of Nature

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court case could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.

September 1, 2020

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Daniel Hudon

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court case could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.

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News

Links From the Brink: Ukraine and Wildlife, Grizzlies and Wolves, Pesticides and Parkinson’s

Could the Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to worldwide declines in biodiversity? Plus other important conservation and environmental news.

April 8, 2024

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John R. Platt

Could the Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to worldwide declines in biodiversity? Plus other important conservation and environmental news.

News

Good News for Bears, Birds, Whales and People

This month, Links From the Brink looks at several conservation success stories and shines a light on new tools to fight pollution.

December 9, 2022

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John R. Platt

This month, Links From the Brink looks at several conservation success stories and shines a light on new tools to fight pollution.

Op-Eds

‘Free Water’ Was Never Free, Writes a Historian of the American West

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.

November 28, 2022

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Nate Housley

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.

Oceans & Clean Water

Should the Ocean Have Legal Rights?

Human activities have put the ocean in serious trouble. A bold, Rights of Nature-based proposal aims to turn the tide.

October 3, 2022

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Tracy Keeling

Human activities have put the ocean in serious trouble. A bold, Rights of Nature-based proposal aims to turn the tide.

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Editorials

What’s Working: The Revelator’s 12 Favorite Solutions Stories of 2021

From wetlands restoration to conservation dogs and the decline of fossil fuels, these tales set the stage for the year ahead.

December 23, 2021

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Tara Lohan and John R. Platt

From wetlands restoration to conservation dogs and the decline of fossil fuels, these tales set the stage for the year ahead.

Voices

The Koreguaje Tribe: Threatened Guardians of the Northwest Amazon

A vulnerable culture living in a severely degraded section of the Colombian Amazon is in desperate need of international respect and support.

January 15, 2020

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Daniel Henryk Rasolt

A vulnerable culture living in a severely degraded section of the Colombian Amazon is in desperate need of international respect and support.

Voices

Granting Legal Rights to Rivers: Is International Law Ready?

Four rivers around the world now have legal rights. But what are the implications of rights for nature for international environmental law?

August 6, 2018

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Mara Tignino and Laura E. Turley

Four rivers around the world now have legal rights. But what are the implications of rights for nature for international environmental law?

Sustainability

Revelator Reads: 8 New Environmental Books for September

This month brings new books about elephants, energy and an all-too-real mythic figure.

September 1, 2017

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John R. Platt

This month brings new books about elephants, energy and an all-too-real mythic figure.