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Prêmios de inovação para o desenvolvimento sustentável: identifique, destaque e apoie as inovações

19 November 2020
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Os Prêmios de Inovação para Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Secretário-Geral da Commonwealth foram lançados para reconhecer e celebrar as contribuições que os inovadores nos setores público, privado e sem fins lucrativos estão fazendo no avanço das metas de desenvolvimento sustentável nos países da Commonwealth.
 

UN landmark case for people displaced by climate change

20 January 2020
New Zealand
climate change
environment
land policies
land rights activists
land use

In a ground-breaking asylum case, a UN human rights body has ruled that governments must take into account the human rights violations caused by the climate crisis when considering deportation of asylum seekers, said Amnesty International today. 

Samoans to petition govt on customary land rights

11 January 2018
New Zealand
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary land rights
land governance
tenure security

Samoans around the world are to petition the government to uphold the protection of customary land rights.


The Samoa Observer reported members of the Samoan Solidarity International Group will present the petition when parliament opens on the 23rd of this month.


When Rivers Hold Legal Rights

17 April 2017
India
New Zealand
environment
land rights
land tenure
sustainable land management

 


New Zealand and India recognize personhood for ecosystems


New Zealand transforms Whanganui River into a legal person

17 March 2017
New Zealand
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
indigenous peoples' land rights

THE Whanganui River has been granted the same legal status as a human being by New Zealand’s House of Representatives.


Explaining the world-first decision, the country’s Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson said the river would “have its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person.”

The Rights of Nature: Indigenous Philosophies Reframing Law

15 January 2017
Bolivia
Ecuador
New Zealand
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous battles to defend nature have taken to the streets, leading to powerful mobilizations like the gathering at Standing Rock. They have also taken to the courts, through the development of innovative legal ways of protecting nature.

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