Standing for Nature: Legal Strategies for Envir. Zartner, Zartner, Cardenas,**

Princeton University Press

Standing for NatureLegal Strategies for Environmental Justice\nAuthor(s): Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas, Mohammad Golam Sarwar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Island Press, United States\nImprint: Island Press\nISBN-13: 9781642833805, 978-1642833805\nSynopsis\nRights of Nature laws are becoming a vital tool for addressing environmental injustice. From New Zealand and India to Ecuador and Bolivia, advocates have successfully secured legal rights for rivers, forests, and mountains. Granting rights to nature has the potential to expand environmental protections, strengthen indigenous rights, promote sustainable development, and alter how humans relate to nature. Despite these promises, rights of Nature laws have met with greater resistance in some countries than in others. \nStanding for Nature offers advocates a blueprint for creating, implementing, and safeguarding rights of Nature laws. This book looks closely at four examplesNew Zealand, Colombia, Bangladesh, and the United Statesto .