Standing for Nature: Legal Strategies for Environmental Justice

 
 

Standing for Nature: Legal Strategies for Environmental Justice

Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas, Mohammad Golam Sarwar

Island Press

2025

 

This book explores the growing importance of Rights of Nature laws in addressing environmental injustice. Examining case studies from New Zealand, Colombia, Bangladesh, and the U.S., it offers a blueprint for creating and safeguarding these laws. It highlights strategies for successful implementation, shifting perspectives on the human-nature relationship, and advancing environmental protections through judicial, legislative, and regulatory processes.