The Rights of Nature as a Legal Response to the Global Environmental Crisis? A Critical Review of International Law’s ‘Greening’ Agenda

Netherlands yearbook of international law, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 47 - 74

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Abstract Over the past decade and a half, various natural entities have been recognised as having rights or legal personhood in certain domestic jurisdictions. The idea of nature rights-bearing is seen by advocates to be new improved response environmental threats. While approaches are increasingly evident transnational law, orthodox international law has yet engage seriously with such approaches, despite increasing calls recognise law. In this contribution we consider potential limitations rights-based protections part ‘greening’ We argue that attempts incorporate into need understood within wider context history including trajectories colonialism economic resource exploitation. Although may offer path towards greener should not followed way reproduces problematic, homogenising aspects but instead centres human relationality place. Instead, there important lessons learnt from protect implement personhood, especially where models informed Indigenous peoples’ relationships nature.

Language: Английский

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Creating Synergies between International Law and Rights of Nature

Transnational Environmental Law, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(3), P. 671 - 692

Published: Nov. 1, 2023

Abstract Against the backdrop of failing environmental governance, rights nature (RoN) are lauded as paradigm shift needed to transform law's approach nature. RoN have been increasingly proclaimed at domestic level but remain mostly absent from international law. As examined in this article, is notably a result some profound incompatibilities between law and RoN, including fact that most treaties resource be owned, exploited or protected for sake humans. However, despite dominant nature, areas law, under leadership Indigenous peoples, starting acknowledge more relational putting forward concepts care, kinship, representation Building on these developments, article offers reflection potential synergies specifically by changing latter's It argues concerning duty institutional nature's voice, ecocentrism could serve platform reinterpret anthropocentric principles creating

Language: Английский

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Ancient Wisdom in Modern Tourism: Sustainable Solutions from Greek and Roman Literature

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 109 - 109

Published: Jan. 8, 2025

This review examines how ancient Greek and Roman literature can inform sustainable cultural tourism, offering valuable insights for managing heritage landscapes responsibly. By analyzing works such as Homer’s Odyssey, Virgil’s Georgics, Pausanias’ Description of Greece, this study bridges classical wisdom with modern challenges climate change, over-tourism, shifts in accessibility. Key findings practical solutions include respect sacred landscapes: example, reverence sites Delphi demonstrates be protected by fostering ethical relationships significant places. Tourism policies draw on perspective to integrate conservation efforts the promotion historical sites. Moreover, resource stewardship is highlighted: agricultural ethics, seen emphasize harmony between human activity nature. These principles strategies tourism’s environmental footprint, prioritizing local sustainability preserving natural ecosystems. Models slow tourism are also provided: epic journeys Odyssey highlight value slow, immersive travel. promoting meaningful engagement destinations, reduce stress while enriching visitor experiences. In addition these findings, underscores communal responsibility inherent principles, advocating models that balance individual benefits collective well-being. Practical applications community-based models, partnerships stakeholders, incorporating guidelines into management mitigate negative impacts conclusion, argues revisiting texts through lens humanities offers actionable tourism. adopting values stewardship, nature, civic responsibility, stakeholders create preserve ensuring long-term economic social benefits.

Language: Английский

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Facilitating the ecosystem-based management transition in Aotearoa New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 17

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

In response to growing social and ecological pressures, ecosystem-based management (EBM) has been proffered as an alternative governance regime for marine coastal systems in Aotearoa New Zealand. The challenge of how engender a transition EBM remains, however. This paper investigates the proposition that Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) can be tool drive by analysing ocean Kaikōura over past 20 years. findings suggest taking top-down MSP approach crowd out some principles EBM, but support implementation if sufficient attention is given developing institutions processes prioritise local decision-making provide ongoing engagement participation actors.

Language: Английский

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Scale and ecosystem-based management: Navigating mismatches between socio-ecological systems

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 302, P. 111000 - 111000

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Can Western water law become more ‘relational’? A survey of comparative laws affecting water across Australasia and the Americas

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 53(3), P. 395 - 424

Published: Nov. 27, 2022

There is increasing support, in international legal theory and advocacy, for water governance approaches that go beyond the technocratic, recognise reciprocal relatedness of peoples places. Such an approach may seem logical within certain Indigenous law belief systems, but can Western frameworks become more 'relational'? How they evolve to be capable meaningfully relating with systems water? This article draws on a comprehensive survey comparative developments affecting across seven settler-colonial countries Australasia Latin America attempt (or profess) relational. I critically evaluate these attempts against 'yardstick' relationality. In each jurisdiction there are unresolved calls social, cultural constitutional transformation some sort, which environmental justice key. The analysis here reveals potential drive relational laws, although without place-based specificity supporting institutions, resources redistributions power, risk having little practical impact.

Language: Английский

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Supporting Inuit food sovereignty through collaborative research of an at-risk caribou herd

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 5, 2024

Introduction Climate change is increasing vulnerability to food insecurity and biodiversity loss for many Indigenous Peoples globally. For Inuit, sovereignty one expression of self-determination, it includes the right all Inuit define their own conservation policies. Caribou particularly pertinent because central role caribou play in systems. The “Dolphin Union” (DU) herd a critical component systems Canadian Arctic has declined by 89% 2020 (3,815) from peak measured aerial survey 1997 (34,558). Methods Our first objective was identify insights about this with Qaujimajatuqangit (knowledge). Using thematic analysis, we created collective account on DU through research partnership among knowledge keepers, government, academia. second put our findings into broader literature connect isolated data abundance distribution. Results We found understanding meant situating harvesters’ within family history, harvesting methods, ethics, relation other harvesters. Through framework, conceptualized Inuit-described metrics status, resulting three sub-themes trends over time – abundance, distribution, health, − ending concerns potential actions. synthesized indicated that overall population size increased since ~1990s then decreased after ~2000s alongside range contraction. results add value co-management (1) articulating decline inform continued monitoring incorporation these management planning (2) synthesizing various studies distribution assists make informed decisions based Western knowledge. Discussion contribute six dimensions environmental i.e., availability, stability, accessibility, health wellness, culture, decision-making power relating caribou. information used support systems, policy, Thus, collaborative study supports conservation.

Language: Английский

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Managing ubiquitous ‘forever chemicals’: More‐than‐human possibilities for the problem of PFAS

New Zealand Geographer, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 79(2), P. 97 - 106

Published: July 27, 2023

Abstract We provide a perspective on the ubiquity of PFAS (a suite unique per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or ‘forever chemicals’) as toxic, pervasive environmentally persistent more‐than‐human agents. situate our discussion these contaminants in location Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), post‐production, post‐consumption contaminated site. therefore make an Antipodean contribution to research—a predominantly North American/European body work—providing account specific landmasses, cultural contexts regulation here, while also noting simultaneous entanglements with global environment. In dealing this group contaminants, we identify opportunities for NZ's regulatory management processes consider theorising aspects ‘the natural world’, not their utility but intrinsic value lives, order do regulation, policy practice differently.

Language: Английский

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A Critical Feminist Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Law and Policy: The Case of Aotearoa New Zealand

Climate Law, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 1 - 35

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Abstract Laws and policies designed to help communities adapt the effects of climate change are proliferating around world. Our analysis Aotearoa New Zealand’s adaptation reveals that experiences women not adequately accounted for, technocratic, masculinist, top-down approaches have been prioritized over knowledges from diverse perspectives. We argue for a critical feminist reconceptualization adaptation, based on: (1) taking relational approach embedding an ethics care; (2) putting equity justice in context; (3) acknowledging agency knowledge production. suggests possible paths toward more inclusive equitable on understandings reciprocal, human-environment relationships. This has broad, global relevance other countries seek adopt policies, by identifying new pathways just adaptation.

Language: Английский

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Storytelling and good relations: Indigenous youth capabilities in climate futures

Geographical Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 2, 2024

Abstract How can we support young citizens facing chaotic climate futures? This question is urgent, particularly for Indigenous communities who face disproportionate risks and impacts of change. For the past three decades, climate‐related education has focused largely on acquisition scientific knowledge in instrumental ways, while encouraging individual behaviour approach centres problem rather than human capabilities to generate solutions, which especially misaligned with increasing practice significance communities’ regenerating self‐determining capabilities. article reports a pilot study that uses intergenerational storytelling methods or pūrākau leadership among Māori Pacific people aged 10 14 years at high risk flooding Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand. The showed how locates scaffolds into positions collective responsibility grappling “wicked problems” such as injustice challenges part future they will inherit shape. within broader journey resilience reclamation.

Language: Английский

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