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Publications <\/span><\/span> <\/h2><\/div><\/div>

Below you will find all Youth Hub Publications\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” pix_over_visibility=”” pix_visibility=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1624552767133{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_row content_placement=”middle” pix_particles_check=””][vc_column]

Rights of Nature Youth Declaration<\/h1><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”30px”]

This declaration was created by members of the GARN Youth Hub and Earth Law Center together with participants at the first IUCN Global Youth Summit 2021<\/p><\/div>

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\u201cYouth and the Rights of Nature Movement: shifting the paradigm for all future generations\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u200b<\/span>A Declaration led by Earth Law Center and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature Youth Hub, in collaboration with session attendees<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

We, the youth gathered at the first IUCN Global Youth Summit (April 5th-16th 2021), joined in collective learning and knowledge sharing, to unite on our common goals and demand change.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Youth hold unique and tenacious capacities to shift the current anthropocentric paradigm towards a future in which humans exist in harmony with the whole of the Earth community.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Youth are now born into a world that is overburdened with pollution and in which the Earth\u2019s\u00a0 very life enabling cycles are endangered by growing crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and the global COVID pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We recognize that despite growing international norms and conventions, conservation targets have not been met and actions are insufficient to prevent further degradation and pollution.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We recognize that the well-being and survival of humankind depends upon maintaining, conserving, preserving, and restoring the health of the biosphere and its constituent ecological systems and components.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We recognize that humans are a part of Mother Earth, and that we must transform the current anthropocentric paradigm that assumes humans have ownership and dominion over the Earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We recognize the solidarity we share with other humans and social and environmental justice movements, and seek to recognize and support equally the rights of Nature, future generations, local communities, and Indigenous peoples, while bridging their divide.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We support the recognition of Rights of Nature within the IUCN and other institutions (e.g. United Nations Harmony with Nature Programme) and Conventions (e.g. the Post 2020 Framework on the Convention on Biological Diversity).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We, the youth attending this session, encourage action and implementation towards development of a future in which humans and Nature exist and thrive in harmony together.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We are Nature. Business as usual is no longer an option.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Supporting Authority<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

The international community has recognized on multiple occasions the necessity and efficiency of holistic governance recognizing the intrinsic value of Nature, in line with Earth Jurisprudence. This dynamic inscribes itself within the \u201cHarmony with Nature\u201d framework promoted by several UN General Assembly resolutions (e.g. A\/RES\/75\/220); \u2018Rights of Nature\u2019 legal and policy changes and judicial decisions have emerged in over 20 countries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) in 2012, Members of the Union passed Resolution 100: \u201cIncorporation of the Rights of Nature as the organizational focal point in IUCN\u2019s decision making.\u201d Within this resolution, the IUCN called for the initiation of a process that would include the Rights of Nature in the IUCN as fundamental and key elements of plans, programmes and projects as well as in IUCN policy on rights, that would \u201ccontribute to a new philosophy of human well-being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Additionally, at the 2008 WCC, IUCN passed Resolution 4.099, recognizing that \u201ca great number of the world\u2019s languages lack an exact equivalent for the concept of \u2018Nature\u2019 that IUCN uses, and that, instead, the word or words they use include human beings, agrobiodiversity, and non-material realms, which are perceived as alive and often a more significant part of nature than their material counterparts\u2026.and that many of the concepts used instead of \u2018nature\u2019 are more holistic, and may be loosely translated in expressions such as \u2018Mother\u2019, \u2018Mother Earth\u2019, \u2018Mother who makes all things possible\u2019, \u2018Community of all beings\u2019, \u2018Earth community\u2019, \u2018Source of all\u2019, \u2018Self-regenerating\u2019, \u2018Angel\u2019, or \u2018Spirit.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, the United Nations World Charter for Nature (1982) acknowledged that \u201cmankind is a part of nature\u201d and that \u201cliving in harmony with nature gives man the best opportunities” for living well. Noting that \u201cevery life form \u2026 warrant[s] respect regardless of its worth to man,\u201d the charter calls upon a moral code of conduct to guide human action in a way that treats other organisms with respect. Additionally, the charter recognizes that in the decision-making process, man\u2019s needs can only be met \u201cby ensuring the proper functioning of natural systems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a growing awareness of the importance of language, its role in determining our ethical and moral considerations towards Mother Earth, and how our perceptions and values drive conservation and law.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Additionally, in 2021, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) released the first synthesis report titled: \u201cMaking Peace With Nature’\u201d stating that \u201c[t]ransforming social and economic systems means improving our relationship with nature, understanding its value and putting that value at the heart of our decision-making.’<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We, the participants of the \u201cYouth and the Rights of Nature Movement: shifting the paradigm for all future generations\u201d sessions at the first IUCN Youth Global Summit:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to take further action in deepening and spreading the awareness of the fundamental and inalienable rights of Nature and of future generations; to fight for systemic change alongside our individual actions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to create additional spaces that allow youth to collaborate as equal partners in the environmental movement, noting that more care is needed for access by underdeveloped countries, marginalized groups, BIPOC communities, and all disciplines including, science, law, economics and sociology.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to ask ourselves everyday \u201cWhat have I done for Nature today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to work to restore our connection with Nature, such as through direct immersion, raising awareness in our communities through educational initiatives, and noticing (and transforming) the way we speak about and to Nature.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to take Rights of Nature beyond paper to action, to transform how we value Nature and learn and apply methods for being good stewards for Nature and future generations, including looking within our own work, organizations, and spaces to introduce Rights of Nature.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to ask our schools and universities to incorporate Rights of Nature into our curricula, and to create ways to intersect with all disciplines and studies, and instill this knowledge at a young age.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to be intersectional in our actions, language, and organizing; find and acknowledge the shared goals and support other liberation movements.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to learn more about the Indigenous lands and waters we occupy, the treaties that govern them, and how youth can support Indigenous rights and sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to use and promote participatory science resources to empower society and help scientists generate data.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pledge to be mindful in our consumption and daily activities, taking care to consider the impacts of our actions onto the Earth community and future generations, where our products come from, and the privileges we have.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

We, the participants of the \u201cYouth and the Rights of Nature Movement: shifting the paradigm for all future generations\u201d sessions at the first IUCN Youth Global Summit:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

URGE the IUCN Congress, Council, Member organizations, experts, commissions, and the Secretariat to implement their commitments to Rights of Nature as identified in Resolution 100, for example through:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n