The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has determined that coastal marine ecosystems have rights of nature, including the right to “integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes,” per Chapter 7, Articles 71 to 74 in the country’s constitution. This is not the first […]
Tag: Ecosystems
Historic $100 Million Grant Revealed to Revolutionize US National Parks
In a groundbreaking move, the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the US National Park Service, has received a transformative $100 million donation from Lilly Endowment Inc. This gift marks the largest grant in the foundation’s history and is poised to significantly enhance the Conservation and enjoyment of over 400 national park sites […]
As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?
The Earth is in crisis — a reality made increasingly clear by intensifying heat, drought and storms, worsening pollution, land stripped of forests, and the ramping up of the sixth great extinction. But some scientists say we’re failing to prioritize a critical Earth change that is accelerating in the modern world and that helped drive […]
Petition: Tell the U.S. Forest Service to Not Allow Economic Interests Override the Well-Being of Our Ecosystems
In a shocking disregard for environmental conservation, the U.S. Forest Service greenlit a gold mining exploration project in California’s pristine Sierra Nevada Mountains. Had it not been reversed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the decision would have threatened the existence of unique and endangered species – some that are not found anywhere […]