GARN Latinoamérica weaves together legal practitioners, Indigenous leaders, scholars, and activists across the region to advance the rights of nature. They focus on collective learning, legal innovation, and amplifying regional voices in a global conversation. For English, click on “Espanol” at the top of the page.

SPDA blends legal advocacy, policy work, and public engagement to protect Peru’s environment and Indigenous territories. With decades of experience, they are actively shaping how environmental law evolves in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.

AIDA uses law and science to defend the environment and human rights throughout the Americas. From protecting freshwater ecosystems to supporting communities affected by mining and climate change, their cross-regional work aims to make environmental justice real and lasting.

The Earth Law Center’s Latin America program partners with local movements to push for nature’s rights through law, education, and policy change. They work across borders to support legal frameworks that treat ecosystems as rights-bearing entities, not just resources.

This resource tracks Ecuador’s pioneering work which embedded the rights of nature in its own 2008 Constitution. It offers case updates and analyses that demonstrate demonstrate how courts and communities are testing the boundaries of what it means to legally defend ecosystems.

This project supports grassroots communities in Latin America to better understand and use environmental law as a tool for justice. It focuses on legal literacy, access to remedies, and building power from the ground up in regions facing ecological threats.