On 18th April 2024 the report of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action on the recommendations from the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity (2023) will be debated in Dáil Éireann. Both the Assembly and the Committee have called for a referendum on an amendment [or amendments] to incorporate the right to a healthy environment and the Rights of… Continue reading Upcoming parliamenary debate
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) warmly welcomes the recommendation from the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss that the constitution should be amended to better protect biodiversity. The IWT had asked in our submission that the rights of nature be enshrined in our Constitution as well as recognising the rights of people to a safe and… Continue reading Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes recommendations from the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
Since the Committee on Environment and Climate Action meeting of 17th October where the rights of nature was explored in detail by its members, there has been a range of activity in this space in preparation for its decisions. Representatives from various organisations associated with this campaign have been engaging in constructive discussions with NGO members to table… Continue reading Blog Update 13/11/23
Mari Margil, Executive Director, CDER Thomas Linzey, Senior Counsel, CDER Centre for Democratic and Environmental Rights
Writing in the Irish Times, columnist Sadhbh O’Neill writes: The last male northern white rhinoceros died in a zoo in 2018, aged forty-five. With him vanished all hope of saving the species from extinction. In a desperate attempt to save the northern white, scientists have extracted eggs from the last surviving females that are currently… Continue reading Irish Times – Opinion
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At the UN’s Stockholm+50 commemorative conference in Sweden in 2022 it was at a side event organised by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature that a call went out for international support for the adoption of Rights of Nature in Ireland. This led to a collaboration facilitated by Narayan Toolan with indigenous leaders… Continue reading Stockholm+50: The urgency of recognising Rights of Nature
Dr Peter Doran Dr Amy Strecker Dr Noreen O’Meara Declan Owens, Ecojustice Ireland Linda O’Sullivan James Orr, Friends of the Earth (NI) Maisy O’Sullivan Mari Margil, Centre for Democratic and Environmental Rights (US) Narayan Toolan Paul Powlesland, Lawyers for Nature Dr Rachel Killean Joanne Cunningham Charlie Fowler Corresponding Members: Ciara Brennan, EJNI
