Daily Reports

Expert Interviews

 Analysis

Articles

 Curtain Raisers

Press Releases

Contact: 

Katherine Quaid, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN),

Katherine@wecaninternatonal.org

Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to Protect Biodiversity

Cali, Colombia — On Tuesday, October 22, global advocates will share successes from the Rights of Nature movement, and how it can offer a systemic framework for defending biodiversity, communities, and our climate. This event will be a press conference organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

Rights of Nature articulates a legal framework and economy based on living in balance with Earth’s natural systems. As one of the fastest growing environmental movements, Rights of Nature recognizes that Earth’s ecosystems have the right to exist and thrive while also uplifting human and Indigenous rights.  

CBD COP16 Press Conference – Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to Protect Biodiversity

When: Tuesday, October 22, 11:00 - 11:30 AM Colombia Time (COT)

Where: The Media Center, Blue Zone, CBD COP16 Cali, Colombia 

Who:

• Casey Camp-Horinek, (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator,USA

• Patricia Gualinga, (Kichwa), Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva (Amazon Women in Defense of the Jungle), and WECAN Coordinator in Ecuador, Ecuador

• Natalia Greene, Global Director of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), Member of GARN’s Executive Committee, and Secretary of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal, Ecuador

• Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) Founder and Executive Director, USA

###

The Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

www.wecaninternational.org - @WECAN_INTL

The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is a 501(c)3 and solutions-based organization established to engage women worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, trainings, and movement building for global climate justice.

Photo blogs

Video Blogs

MOD documentary

Podcast