REGENERATIVE ACTION

Investigating The Rights Of Nature For The Osa Peninsula

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Puerto Jiménez, Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica
dates
February 1 to June 30, 2025
participants
6
objective
Exploring what is needed to install the Rights of Nature for the Osa Peninsula

The Rights of Nature

Rights of Nature is a global movement to protect nature (rivers, mountains, and entire ecosystems and the life forms supported within them) by recognizing its legal rights. Just as humans and corporations are considered to “have rights,” this legal strategy grants rights to nature itself. These frameworks turn the existing property rights-based paradigm upside down and offer a powerful basis and strategy to conserve lands and communities. They also offer a radically different worldview: the right of nature to exist, persist, flourish and evolve.


I learned about the Rights of Nature, I have been feeling into installing these for the Osa. Over time, I connected with various international parties that I knew had experience with this process in different places all over the world and even explored it already for the region. This led to a connection who had multiple Costa Rican connections that had been exploring the topic. This led to a meeting on the 7th of July to explore collaboration around establishing the Rights of Nature in different regions of Costa Rica.

IMPACTS

  • - A national meeting with Costa Ricans interested and knowledgeable in the topic
  • - Connection with various international legal entities with expertise in establishing the Rights of Nature for different places over the world
  • - Greater clarity about the process and resource needs
  • - Becoming part of a greater collective that strives towards Rights of Nature for different places in Costa Rica.

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