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Can Rights Cure? by Marius Pieterse 2014 ISBN: 978-1-920538-27-9 Pages: 194 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available

Rights of nature.

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"Rights of nature is an idea that has come of age. In recent years, a diverse range of countries and jurisdictions have adopted these norms, which involve granting legal rights to nature or natural objects, such as rivers, forests, or ecosystems. This book critically examines the idea of natural objects as right-holders, and analyses legal cases, policies, and philosophical issues relating to this development. Drawing on contributions from a range of experts in the field, Rights of Nature: A Re-examination investigates the potential for this innovative idea to revolutionize the concepts of rights, standing, and recognition as traditionally understood in many legal systems. Taking as its starting point Stone's influential 1972 article 'Should Trees Have Standing?', the book examines the progress rights of nature have made since that time, by identifying central themes, unifying principles, and key distinctions in how rights of nature discourse has been operationalized in the disciplines of law, philosophy, and the social sciences. These themes and principles are illustrated through a wide variety of examples, including ecosystem services, indigenous thinking, and ecological restoration, demonstrating how the relationship between humanity and the natural world may be transforming. Taking a philosophical, political, and legal perspective, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and policy, environmental ethics, and philosophy"--

Rights of nature. --- Natural resources --- Nature --- Ressources naturelles --- Law and legislation. --- Droit. --- Nature, Rights of --- Environmental ethics --- Environmental law --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- Earth jurisprudence --- Earth laws --- Rights of nature --- Wild law --- Law and legislation --- Philosophy of nature --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Human rights --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology

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"Humankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumption are disastrous for wildlife and humans alike. The alarm bells ringing about biodiversity loss are growing louder, and the possibility of mass extinction is real. Anthropocentric property is a key driver of biodiversity loss, a silent killer of species worldwide. If excluding animals from a legal right to own land is causing their destruction, extending the legal right to own property to wildlife may prove its salvation. This book advocates for folding animals into our existing system of property law, giving them the option to own land just as humans do"--

Animal rights --- Rights of nature --- Right of property --- Land tenure --- Human-animal relationships --- Animals --- Animal diversity --- Nature --- Law and legislation --- Effect of human beings on --- Effect of human beings on. --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Human rights --- Zoology --- United States --- Animaux --- Droits de la nature --- Droit de propriété --- Propriété foncière --- Relations homme-animal --- Diversité animale --- Droits --- Droit --- Effets de l'homme sur --- Animal rights - United States --- Rights of nature - United States --- Right of property - United States --- Land tenure - United States --- Human-animal relationships - United States --- Animals - Law and legislation - United States --- Animal diversity - United States --- Nature - Effect of human beings on --- United States of America

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Throughout the world religious organizations are exploring and implementing into action ideas about the relevance of religion and spirituality in dealing with a growing multitude of environmental issues and problems. Religion and spirituality have the potential to be extremely influential for the better at many levels and in many ways through their intellectual, emotional, and activist components. This collection focuses on providing a set of captivating essays on the specifics of concrete cases of environmental activism involving most of the main Asian religions from several countries. Particular case studies are drawn from the religions of Animism, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Jainism. They are from the countries of Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Thereby this set of case studies offers a very substantial and rich sampling of religious environmental activism in Asia. They are grounded in years of original field research on the subjects covered. Collectively these case studies reveal a fascinating and significant movement of environmental initiatives in engaged practical spiritual ecology in Asia. Accordingly, this collection should be of special interest to a diversity of scientists, academics, instructors, and students as well as communities and leaders from a wide variety of religions, environmentalism, and conservation.

n/a --- political ecology --- domestic waste --- Ecological Civilization --- new religious movements --- indigenous --- Ganga --- Buddhist agriculture --- Xishuangbanna --- Taoism --- animate landscapes --- Hinduism --- sustainability --- ethnic minorities --- India --- deforestation --- sustainable development --- conservation --- geopiety/geopolity --- Islam --- rural development --- waste reduction --- mobilizations --- religious environmental activism --- women --- re-use --- Anuvrat Movement --- common property regimes --- solid waste management --- Daoism --- rights of nature --- environmentalism --- Jainism --- eco-conscious living --- Thailand --- vital landscapes --- discard studies --- ecology --- ecological vow-taking --- Buddhism --- civilizing projects --- China --- anthropocene --- reincarnation --- rivers --- Vajrayana Buddhism --- Bhutan --- biodiversity --- spiritual ecology --- waste transformation --- fatwa --- Yamuna --- ecological civilization --- materiality --- watersheds --- sacred natural sites