Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: On 22 April 2010 Bolivia hosted a Peoples" World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights. 1 The conference was attended by over 35,000 people and concluded with President Evo Morales Ayma adopting a declaration, to be presented to the United Nations.The declaration draws inspiration from other authoritative agreements such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the EarthCharter. 2 The preamble expressly acknowledges our profound dependence on and relationship with the Earth and that the Earth is an "indivisible community of diverse and interdependent beings with whom we share a common destiny and to whom we must relate in ways to benefit Mother Earth." 3 An extract from the declaration reads: Article 2. Fundamental rights of Mother EarthMother Earth has the right to exist, to persist and to continue the vital cycles, structures, functions and processes that sustain all beings.
Author: Peter Burdon
Institution: The University of Adelaide
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1906841202