International

The Gaia Foundation

The Gaia Foundation has over 35 years experience accompanying partners, indigenous communities, social movements and Earth defenders in Africa, South America, Asia and Europe. Through a holistic and long-term approach we focus on four key […]

International

Forest Declaration

Protecting the World’s Forests: Are We on Track? 2018 Progress Assessment of the New York Declaration on Forests Just launched – Assessments of Goals 1-9 Stay tuned – Focus assessment report on forest governance (Goal […]

Law & Justice

Client Earth

We use the law to shift the balance in favour of the public good. This approach is innovative, bold and a game-changer in the global fight to protect the environment. We take governments to court […]

International

Living Forest Declaration – Kawsaksacha

The Kawsak Sacha declaration is universal and proposes a legal recognition of the revindication for territorial rights and Mother Earth, which is necessary and essential for the balance of the planet and the preservation of […]

Law & Justice

Rights of Nature Symposium

On October 27th 2017 – the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), with its International Center for the Rights of Nature, partnered with Tulane Law School to host the Rights of Nature Symposium: Driving Rights of Nature into Law – […]

Law & Justice

Ancient Yews

ANCIENT YEWS Britain has the largest collection of ancient yews on earth. There are 117 of them, aged between 2 and 5 thousand years and this number may expand further, as others are discovered. These […]

Law & Justice

Lawyers for Nature

Whilst working as a barrister, Paul Powlesland got involved in the She eld tree dispute, giving legal ad-vice and representation to local tree protectors. This experience demonstrated the need for a grassroots legal organisation to […]

International

Mission Life Force

Mission LifeForce is a growing international movement of legal Earth Protectors – people who care about protecting the Earth – who are signatories to a legal document, the Earth Protectors Trust Fund document. OUR VISION To align the […]

International

Eradicating Ecocide – Polly Higgins

One Law to Protect The Earth – International Roadmap to Earth Protection and Climate Justice Polly Higgins is a pioneer; since stepping down from her legal practice as a court advocate, she  devotes her time […]

International

Hambach Forest

In the last years Hambach Forest has become an international symbol of climate justice! So has every single occupation that stood firm against RWE Climate Killer coal for last several years, and continues in our […]

Law & Justice

Peter Macfadyen

The Gaia Foundation Slot 14:55 From Frome to California via Ecuador.  At a certain moment people take power into their own hands and find ways to plant trees.  The tree conference has explored in depth […]