Rights of nature with Mumta Ito

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Bringing together a group of experts with diverse perspectives we'll discuss how a rights of nature approach might help to reframe human-nature relations and provide the basis for transformational change.

We'll explore how legal and economic frameworks could work within the planet's limits, not against them.

Each panellist will give a short introductory talk, followed by a wider Q&A and discussion. Chaired by Sabine Clarke, Associate Director of LCAB, from the Department of History.

Panellists

• Mumta Ito is the Founder of Nature’s Rights. She is working to transform the legal framework to align with the interconnected reality of life on Earth. The Integrated Rights Framework embeds Nature’s rights as the foundation for all other rights, encoding planetary boundaries into law to create the conditions for a regenerative society.
• Alison Dyke is a political ecologist working on nature-society relations at the Stockholm Environment Institute at York. Her work includes bringing non humans into research and decision making processes, and investigating the impact that these relationships have on human and non-human health and wellbeing. 
• Megan Tarrant is a recent PhD candidate at LCAB. Her research explores rights-based approaches to conservation and the role of environmental knowledge in environmental justice.
• Tanja Hoffmann is a Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology. Her research interests are located where place-based and Indigenous peoples' heritages intersect with dynamics of climate change, de-colonization, economic development, and resource management. 
  
• Stephen Levett is an expert in Clinical Legal Education and is Director of the York Sustainability Clinic. He is interested in helping students to engage practically with legal and sustainability related issues. He organises an annual Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. 

Attendees are welcome to join us for an informal lunch with opportunity for further conversation after the event.