Bolivia's law: The Rights of Mother Earth
Censored News shares Bolivia's law safeguarding the Rights of Mother Earth, as a standard for other governments, in the wake of the wholesale exploitation of the earth for corporate gain. Far from just rhetoric, the creation of law to safeguard the Rights of Mother Earth is a means to safeguard the species and future generations from the coal-fired power plants on Navajoland, tarsands on Cree land in Alberta, Canada, and widespread uranium mining, toxic dumping, pollution, and destruction of forests and rivers.
Also see breaking news: At the June planning in Norway of the Indigenous World Conference 2014, the Indigenous Environmental Network intervened on behalf of Mother Earth:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/world-indigenous-conference-2014.html
THE PLURINATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Translated from http://www.scribd.com/doc/44900268/Ley-de-Derechos-de-la-Madre-Tierra-Estado-Plurinacional-de-Bolivia
DECREES:
ACT OF THE RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH
CHAPTER I
OBJECT AND PRINCIPLES
Article 1. (SCOPE). This Act is intended to recognize the rights of Mother Earth, and the obligations and duties of the Multinational State and society to ensure respect for these rights.
Article 2. (PRINCIPLES). The binding principles that govern this law are:
1. Harmony. Human activities, within the framework of plurality and diversity, should achieve a dynamic balance with the cycles and processes inherent in Mother Earth.
2. Collective good. The interests of society, within the framework of the rights of Mother Earth, prevail in all human activities and any acquired right.