Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands
Identification
- Public canonical key
- doi:10.1071/mf20219
- Authors
- Gillian T. Davies · C. Max Finlayson · Dave Pritchard · Nick C. Davidson · Royal C. Gardner · William R. Moomaw · Erin Okuno · James C. Whitacre
- Reported year
- 2020
- Reported language
- en
- Source type
- article
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Boston Scientific (United States) · Charles Sturt University · IHE Delft Institute for Water Education · Stetson University · Tufts University · University of Massachusetts Boston · Woodwell Climate Research Center
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AU · NL · US
Documentary abstract — original language
The rights of Nature, a concept recognised by several courts, legislatures and international governance institutions, is being promoted by some non-governmental organisations, scientists, attorneys, Indigenous peoples, local communities, and others. In this article we propose a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands, consistent with the 1982 World Charter for Nature. Recognition of these rights supports the provision of ecosystem services essential to human well-being and to other life on Earth. Further, such rights could reinforce efforts to reduce wetland loss and deterioration, thereby slowing climate destabilisation and biodiversity declines. Because world scientists have warned that biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate destabilisation, which intensify wetland loss, constitute global emergencies, new approaches are required to ensure that wetlands are protected and their benefits to people sustained. The proposed Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands states that wetlands possess rights to: exist; their ecologically determined location in the landscape; natural, connected and sustainable hydrological regimes; ecologically sustainable climatic conditions; naturally occurring biodiversity; regeneration and restoration; integrity of structure, function and evolutionary processes; fulfil natural ecological roles in the Earth’s processes; and be free from pollution and degradation. Recognition of these rights is seen as an essential step in efforts to stop wetland loss and deterioration.
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- W3103947655
- DOI
- 10.1071/mf20219
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- Scholarship
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- Article · article
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- Wetland · Ecosystem · Landscape
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- openalex:w1624849671 · CITES
- Do Species and Nature Have Rights · CITES
- openalex:w2130509491 · CITES
- openalex:w2142700952 · CITES
- At the Tipping Point: Defining an Earth Jurisprudence for Social and Ecological Justice · CITES
- openalex:w2333993525 · CITES
- openalex:w2517199338 · CITES
- openalex:w2567022633 · CITES
- At the Intersection of the Sacred and the Legal: Rights for Nature in Uttarakhand, India · CITES
- openalex:w2769601300 · CITES
- Creating legal rights for rivers: Lessons from Australia, New Zealand, and India · CITES
- Rights of Nature: Rivers That Can Stand in Court · CITES
- openalex:w2795971879 · CITES
- Juristic personhood for sacred natural sites: A potential means for protecting nature · CITES
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- openalex:w2906454573 · CITES
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Gillian T. Davies; C. Max Finlayson; Dave Pritchard; Nick C. Davidson; Royal C. Gardner; William R. Moomaw; Erin Okuno; James C. Whitacre. Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf20219
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- Gillian T. Davies; C. Max Finlayson; Dave Pritchard; Nick C. Davidson; Royal C. Gardner; William R. Moomaw; Erin Okuno; James C. Whitacre. (2020). Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf20219
- Chicago
- Gillian T. Davies; C. Max Finlayson; Dave Pritchard; Nick C. Davidson; Royal C. Gardner; William R. Moomaw; Erin Okuno; James C. Whitacre. Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf20219
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- Gillian T. Davies; C. Max Finlayson; Dave Pritchard; Nick C. Davidson; Royal C. Gardner; William R. Moomaw; Erin Okuno; James C. Whitacre. Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1071/mf20219
UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-249ed893e086dc131a097dfbb5d9a6ea/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed
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Research dossiers and documentary relations
Boston Scientific (United States)
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
University of Massachusetts Boston
Woodwell Climate Research Center
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