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Sovereignty for Nature and Natural Rights Governance for Sustainable Future
In the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, the Yawanawá women of Brazil—guardians of ancestral wisdom—gather each year in a vibrant spiritual festival that knits them ever more tightly to the living forest. Draped in traditional regalia and guided by the rhythms of their elders, they perform ceremonies using sacred plant medicines like ayahuasca and rapé. These rites not only honour their profound cultural heritage but also serve to deepen their communion with the natural world,
M. Zakir Hossain Khan
Jul 113 min read
Drowning in Plastic: The Ocean’s Silent Struggle
"I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us." Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer How Rights for Nature Can Stem the Tide of Global Plastic Pollution For millennia, Earth’s river networks have carried nutrients from terrestrial landscapes to the sea, nurturing forests, fisheries, and civilizations alike. Today, however, these waterways function as
Tahsin Tabassum, Najifa Alam Torsa
Jul 104 min read
Extinction or Prosperity? Sovereignty for Nature and Natural Rights Governance for Sustainable Future
Part 2 As I argued in the first part of the theory on Natural Rights Led Governance (NRLG), the Development–Destruction Trap exposes how modern governance structures are enabling intergenerational harm and planetary injustice by prioritizing GDP growth and resource extraction over life-supporting systems. This second part engages in a necessary alternative: the paradigm of Nature’s Sovereignty (NS). Here, I bring forward the exact formulations and propositions articulated in
M. Zakir Hossain Khan
Jul 1012 min read
SAJEK : PARADISE UNDER PRESSURE
Illustrated by Arif Iqbal Sajek Valley is a scenic hill destination location in the Rangamari District of Bangladesh, known for its sunning view, cloud-covered hills and indigenous culture.Nature insights had the pleasure to go into a deep conversation with this paradise on earth. Nature Insights : Welcome to a not-so-casual chat between your truly ‘Nature Insights’, Your overly enthusiastic nature geek and the one and only Sajek Valley! …… a Dramatic, slightly grumpy, b
Zainab Khan Roza
May 254 min read
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