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Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice
This book elucidates and examines how the Rights of Nature paradigm is being enacted in law, and brought to bear in real situations around the world to create sustainability for all life. Written by scholars and policymakers, it discusses the challenges and opportunities in shifting structures of governance to an ecological-law based paradigm.
Author(s) | Edited by Cameron La Follette, Chris Maser (Consultant in Forest Ecology and Sustainable Forestry Practices, Oregon, USA). |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 436 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 24 Oct 2019 |
Availability | Available |
This book elucidates and examines how the Rights of Nature paradigm is being enacted in law, and brought to bear in real situations around the world to create sustainability for all life. Written by scholars and policymakers, it discusses the challenges and opportunities in shifting structures of governance to an ecological-law based paradigm.
Introduction: What Rights of Nature Is and What It Must Include. Rights of Nature: Acting Towards Land in a Sacred Manner. Small Scale Paradigm Changes Add to the Rights of Nature Mosaic. Definitions of Difficult Terms. Philosophical and Legal Considerati
Cameron La Follette has a law degree from Columbia University School of Law, a Masters in Psychology from New York University, and a Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Oregon. Her initial environmental activism (1978-1982) was with Oregon non