🏆 Hoy celebramos a Yuvelis Morales, ganadora del Premio Goldman Ambiental 2026. Defensora del río Magdalena en Colombia, ha dedicado su vida a proteger sus aguas frente al fracking. Desde GARN es un honor acompañarla en este momento tan importante. Hoy, el mundo la escucha. 🌿
Whales have successfully halted megaship traffic in the Gulf of California! 🐋⚖️
In a historic case in Mexico, a judge in Sonora has suspended LNG tanker traffic in the Gulf of California after a lawsuit filed on behalf of whales. Their voices, expressed through science and legal action, were heard.
The Rights of Nature movement is global and always growing. 🌎
Explore our interactive map, discover GARN member organizations around the world, and add yours to the network.
🔎 Check out our map: bit.ly/garn-map
🤝 Join GARN & get your organization on the map today! garn.org/get-involved
🚨 En Ecuador, los Derechos de la Naturaleza están bajo amenaza.
🗣️ Este reportaje de Sumaúma, con aportes de Natalia Greene de GARN, analiza lo que está en juego: https://f.mtr.cool/hdcrgyxoum
A law for the tohorā: New Zealand Aotearoa bill seeks personhood for whales
The legislation recognizes their rights, draws on Indigenous stewardship, and aligns with the global Rights of Nature movement
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/qgtqknzcmv
We ask a question: What if we chose another path? 🌱
👉 Dive deeper into this vision with this guest blog by GARN intern & legal specialist Emma Stil and explore what a fossil fuel-free future could look like and how the Rights of Nature can guide this transition: garn.org/fossil-fuel-free-future
For over a century, coal, oil and gas have powered economies at an immense cost to people, Nature and the climate, with ecosystems pushed to collapse, communities fighting on the frontlines and a system that treats Mother Earth as expendable.
✨ Imagine… cleaner air, thriving ecosystems, and energy systems that serve communities instead of extracting from them. Today, we invite you to imagine a world beyond fossil fuels.
📍 Join us in Santa Marta, Colombia, April 24–29, to turn vision into action.
Free webinar from @garnglobal.bsky.social & Australian Earth Laws Alliance - Rights of Nature in Bangladesh: Governance and Community Perspectives. Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 2pm AEST.With Mohammad Golam Sarwar, Sharif Jamil & Michelle Maloney. events.humanitix.com/garnap-17apr...
Wild Rice and the Rights of Nature 🌿
A groundbreaking lawsuit asks whether wild rice, or manoomin, can hold legal rights under tribal law and the growing Rights of Nature movement.
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/litzkvwchk
Honoring environmental defenders worldwide 🌿
The 2026 @goldmanprize.bsky.social winners will be announced April 20, celebrating grassroots leaders protecting ecosystems & communities.
Watch live: April 20, 5:30 pm PDT / 8:30 pm EDT
goldmanprize.org/ceremony
#GoldmanPrize #ChangeStartsWhereYouStand
Panama just took the Rights of Nature to the United Nations! 🌍🇵🇦 In a historic first, Panama & For Nature signed an agreement to advance a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature at the UN General Assembly, bringing this transformative legal framework onto the global stage. Congratulations 👏🏼🌿
🌏📚 In the first webinar of their new series, the GARN Asia Pacific Hub explored the groundbreaking Eco-Legal Personhood Bill in Jeju Island, South Korea with experts from the Korean Earth Jurisprudence Society and People for Earth.
Watch now: https://f.mtr.cool/itmgbqwrvj
A fossil fuel-free future is possible and a transition we must build together now. From the Heart of the World, a call: Life up. Fossil fuels down.
Join us in Santa Marta: 🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
⚖️ Key moments:
➡️ Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories (Apr 24–25)
➡️ People’s Summit (Apr 24–26)
➡️ #RightsofNatureTribunal – Reception of cases of fossil fuel extraction in the Amazon (Apr 26)
➡️ Conference on Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels (Apr 28–29)
Join us: 🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
Join us for the First Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories, a space to connect struggles, strengthen strategies, and advance Rights of Nature approaches that protect the Amazon and all life.
Join us in Santa Marta: 🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
🌍 A turning point for a fossil fuel-free future
📍 Santa Marta, Colombia | 🗓 24–29 April 2026
After COP30 failed to deliver a clear roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, communities from the Amazon to the world are rising to end fossil fuels.
Join us: 🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
⚖️ Key moments:
➡️ Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories (Apr 24–25)
➡️ People’s Summit (Apr 24–26)
➡️ #RightsofNatureTribunal – Reception of cases of fossil fuel extraction in the Amazon (Apr 26)
➡️ Conference on Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels (Apr 28–29)
🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
Join us for the First Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories, a space to connect struggles, strengthen strategies, and advance Rights of Nature approaches that protect the Amazon and all life.
🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
🌍 A turning point for a fossil fuel-free future
📍 Santa Marta, Colombia | 🗓 24–29 April 2026
After COP30 failed to deliver a clear roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, communities from the Amazon to the world are rising to end fossil fuels.
Join us: 🔗 bit.ly/fossil-fuel-free
🌏 Rights of Nature in Bangladesh: Governance & Community Perspectives, hosted by GARN's Asia Pacific Hub
📅 Friday, April 17
⏰ 10 AM UTC+6 (Bangladesh time)
🔗 More info / register: events.humanitix.com/garnap-17apr
See you there!
🌊 What if South Asia’s rivers held their own parliament? In this short story co-authored by Ashish Kothari, the rivers of the subcontinent, hosted by the wise Narmada River, gather to confront dams, pollution, borders, and the human claim to control their flow: https://f.mtr.cool/uydodzcvkq
✨ GARN Outstanding Member of the Month: Ecuadorian lawyer Gustavo Redín has helped secure landmark victories for RoN, like protecting the Jambato frog from extinction: garn.org/gustavo-redin
Nominate yourself, someone else or an organization you admire by joining GARN free: garn.org/get-involved
Rights of Nature in action! 🌿✨
Around the world, momentum for the #RightsofNature continues to grow, shaped by communities, legal innovation, and Indigenous leadership.
These stories highlight the diversity of pathways through which the Rights of Nature are advancing globally!
🇦🇺⚖️ From Norms to Law: Why Australia Should Recognize the Rights of Nature
The Rights of Nature offers a new and improved form of environmental protection that Australia must consider: https://f.mtr.cool/lasjbabhdq
🌍🇨🇴 Conferencia por Territorios Libres de Combustibles Fósiles
📍 Santa Marta, Colombia
📅 24 y 25 abril, 2026
Acompáñanos a articular luchas territoriales contra los extractivismos y avanzar hacia la salida de los combustibles fósiles.
📝 Inscríbete para participar: https://f.mtr.cool/mhfyyupsrb
Join GARN's Indigenous Council at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII): 🌿✨ Indigenous Cosmologies Guiding the Rights of Nature in Practice 🌎
🗓️ Monday, April 20
🕔 5 PM – 7 PM ET
📍 UN Church Center, NY
✍️ Register: f.mtr.cool/byzuznaqwa
English-Spanish interpretation
Did you know the #RightsofNatureTribunal has a new Policy on Defenders of Mother Earth and Territories? 🌿✊
📄 Access the full Policy: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/digital-library
El @idhc.bsky.social ha editado un libro estupendo sobre derechos de la naturaleza, en el que publico el capítulo "Els drets de la natura com a drets més-que-humans: cap a um dret ecocèntric". Ahí va enlace. El libro entero aquí: www.idhc.org/publicacione...
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
🌱 Using long-term vegetation cover trends from the Atrato River, a new study explores how ecological indicators can inform the implementation of rights-of-nature rulings—and why governance, and communities are essential for making rights visible.
📖 buff.ly/Uzlcg7n
