Big win for small island states. 🌊🏝️ Why? Because rising seas won’t erase their ocean borders or sovereignty. This ruling secures their rights, resources, & identity, even when land vanishes. A shield against climate injustice. #ClimateJustice #SIDS #OceanRights #OceanHoptimism
www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/09/imsp...
⚖️IMSPARK: Laws That Protect More Than Policy⚖️
#CulturalSovereignty, #DueProcessMatters, #EnvironmentalJustice, #IMSPARK, #LegalVictory, #MarineSanctuary, #OceanRights, #ProtectPacific
Since the law passed, NGOs and local officials have filed criminal charges against polluters. But personhood is just a tool. It doesn’t guarantee protection without strong enforcement.
#EnforcementMatters #OceanRights #MarMenor
#COP30 #GeopolíticaVerde Brazil doesn’t need to drill to be powerful.
Preserving the Amazon coast is not romanticism — it’s global leadership.
At COP30, sovereignty means defending life.
#OceanRights #GlobalSouth #
The United Nations Conference on the Ocean, taking place from 9 to 13 June in Nice, could be a mouthpiece for this global movement to create innovative new legal mechanisms to defend the rights of marine environments.
👉 www.justiceinfo.net/en/146256-wh...
#OceanRights
🌐 Find all event details & how to register: garn.org/unoc-2025
💙 Let’s stand together for the Ocean’s rights.
#OceanRights #UNOC2025 #RightsofNature #ProtectTheOcean #OceanGovernance #EcocentricLaw
Today’s keynote at #OOSC opened with inspiring words from HRH Princess Lātūfuipeka Tuku'aho, followed by
David Obura ♦️ #Oceanlife
Michelle Bender ♦️ #OceanRights
Takashi Gojobori ♦️ #BlueEconomy
Missed it? Watch the highlights & full session on YouTube!
👉 www.youtube.com/live/7C-FuWs...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... #OceanRights #Whales
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “I now understand that the most important place on Earth is not on land but at sea,” he says. “We are at a crossroads, with humanity draining the life from the ocean.” #OceanRights #RightsofNature #Nature #Gaia #MotherEarth
We @Common_Weal are proud to be founding partners of The #OceanRights Coalition. Here's the brilliant @GirvanMichaela explaining what it's all about & why you should join us in supporting them too.
(& @nickhobson25.bsky.social deserves some serious credit for kicking this off 🤗)
From Indigenous communities in Honduras defending their land, to fishing communities fighting for #oceanrights, working alongside grassroots movements to challenge the systems that weaponize hunger and destroy #foodsovereignty.
Here are some of the latest victories for rivers, wetlands and the ocean worldwide.
💧 Water is a right.
🌊 Rivers, wetlands, and the ocean deserve rights too.
#WorldWaterDay #RightsOfWater #LetRiversFlow #OceanRights #WetlandRights #RiverRights #RightsofRivers