https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Earth Law Center. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:36:46 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/830911 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 03:00:00 -0500 The Screening Will Include a Panel Discussion with Youth Activists [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/830911 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/786743 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Yesterday, on World Environment Day, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a pronouncement deeming that “forests are living entities.” The pronouncement also states that each person must commit to caring for, preserving, and respecting forests and to promoting concrete actions that expand forests in El Salvador. This historic recognition was part of a larger pronouncement in support of a healthy [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/786743 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/785613 Thu, 23 May 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Today, Earth Law Center finalized a contract with Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, U.S., of the famed “red and black” Aspen Casebook Series, to publish the first ever law school textbook on Earth Law, including the Rights of Nature movement, entitled "Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law." [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/785613 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/781162 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:30:00 -0400 Today, a coalition of environmental and social leaders - including lawyers, engineers, and university students - announced the formation of a group called Yes for the Rights of Nature (“Sí por los Derechos de la Naturaleza”). The group’s first campaign is to recognize El Salvador’s natural forests as living entities possessing fundamental rights. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/781162 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/780921 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Today, Earth Law Center (ELC) announces the launch of a Community Toolkit for Rights of Nature as a free tool for local communities wishing to strengthen their protection of Nature. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/780921 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/775109 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 03:00:00 -0500 A coalition of groups (NGO’s, community groups, scientists, lawyers and indigenous peoples) unveiled today their Declaration on the Rights of the Southern Resident Orcas (http://legalrightsforthesalishsea.org/petition), urging all levels of government to recognize the inherent rights of the Southern Residents. This recognition has renewed urgency with a new calf born to the Southern Residents who have not produced a [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/775109 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/773897 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 03:00:00 -0500 Today, the Convention for the Rights of the Pacific Ocean, a group of environment and ocean experts from 8 countries who met in Auckland, issued a Statement which recognizes and acknowledges our kinship with the Ocean, and our responsibilities to the Ocean. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/773897 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/769675 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:59:38 -0500 Today, the Bosnia River Action Network (BRAN) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeks recognition of rights for the beautiful Doljanka River, one of the few wild rivers left in Europe which is now being threatened by a hydropower plant. Members include Eko akcija (“eco action”) and Gotusa, Green Visions and Earth Law Center. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/769675 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/768905 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:16:02 -0400 Organization for the Conservation of Cetaceans (OCC-Uruguay) celebrated the 5th anniversary of the creation of Uruguay’s Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary which prohibits all harm and activities that may harm whales and dolphins within Uruguay’s exclusive economic zone. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/768905 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/768904 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:57:00 -0400 Earth Law Center announced today it has been named a “2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/768904 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/766417 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Grant Wilson, Directing Attorney at Earth Law Center will present a 90-minute seminar on legal developments in the field of rights of nature, with an emphasis on educating law students and legal professionals – including lawyers and judges. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/766417 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/766203 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Threatened by pollution and vessel traffic, the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales are down to 74 individuals and need evolved protection so they can continue to exist, thrive and evolve. The solution is Earth Law. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/766203 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/747489 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Today, Earth Law Center and the River Ethiope Trust Foundation (“RETFON”) launch an initiative to establish legal rights for the River Ethiope in Nigeria. The River Ethiope would be the first waterway in Africa to be recognized as a living entity. Amongst the rights sought for the River Ethiope are rights to be free from pollution, to restoration, to native biodiversity, and others. The River would also have [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/747489 Earth Law Center https://www.pr.com/press-release/700026 Thu, 29 Dec 2016 03:00:00 -0500 In December 2016, Earth Law Center (ELC) released its second annual report detailing co-violations of human rights and nature’s rights around the globe (available at: http://bit.ly/ELCCoVi). As put forth by the report, humans and nature possess fundamental and inalienable rights. Rights “co-violations” occur when governments or industry, or both, violate both human rights and nature’s rights with [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/700026 Earth Law Center