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The Los Cedros Forest has Rights

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doi:10.17176/20211211-064222-0
Authors
Prieto, Gustavo
Reported year
2021
Reported language
en
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Text
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2026-11-09T19:18:59.930781+00:00
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Documentary abstract — original language

Last week, the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court published its judgment in the case of the Los Cedros forest, a protected cloud forest of great biodiversity in the Andean mountains of Ecuador. This judgment revokes environmental permits previously granted to two mining concessions in the Bosque Protector Los Cedros reserve. The Court ruled that the mining permits in question had not only violated several constitutional rights of communities in the area but also – most remarkably – the rights of mother nature (Pacha Mama). It specifically granted these rights to the Los Cedros Reserve. But there is still some uncertainty regarding future applications of this unusual, non-anthropocentric legal standard set by the Court to protect the rights of mother nature.

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W6906536374
DOI
10.17176/20211211-064222-0

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Forest · Mountain

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    Prieto, Gustavo. The Los Cedros Forest has Rights. 2021. https://doi.org/10.17176/20211211-064222-0

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    Prieto, Gustavo. (2021). The Los Cedros Forest has Rights. https://doi.org/10.17176/20211211-064222-0
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    Prieto, Gustavo. The Los Cedros Forest has Rights. 2021. https://doi.org/10.17176/20211211-064222-0
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    Prieto, Gustavo. The Los Cedros Forest has Rights. 2021. https://doi.org/10.17176/20211211-064222-0

    UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. The Los Cedros Forest has Rights. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-7414b94f3827f059d8ec1d4e6ff42b8e/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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    Title
    DataCite · 2026-11-09T19:18:59.930781+00:00
    OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:04:47.603375+00:00
    Authors
    DataCite · 2026-11-09T19:18:59.930781+00:00
    OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:04:47.603375+00:00
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    DataCite · 2026-11-09T19:18:59.930781+00:00
    OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:04:47.603375+00:00
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    DataCite · 2026-11-09T19:18:59.930781+00:00
    OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:04:47.603375+00:00
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    OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:04:47.603375+00:00

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    Prieto, Gustavo

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    Bibliographic / original publication source · https://doi.org/10.17176/20211211-064222-0

    Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W6906536374

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