A Voice for Coral Reefs through the Rights of Nature and Ecocentric Law (90min 14.00h-15.30h)

10/10/2025
15:00 - 15:30
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Session with interpretation

Why attend

Discover how ecocentric law innovations, including legal rights and guardianship of nature, can safeguard and restore coral reefs.

Session Description

This event explores Earth-centered legal innovations to protect and restore coral reefs. A coalition of groups recently released "A Voice for Coral Reef Ecosystems Through the Rights of Nature and Ecocentric Law," a three-part toolkit that equips policymakers, advocates, and legal professionals with bold legal strategies to live in harmony with coral reefs. The session will introduce new approaches that give coral reefs a voice in the legal system and empower communities to defend them in court and policy. Participants are invited to join an interactive discussion on applying these strategies and overcoming challenges.
Organised by
ICRI & General Organization for Conservation of CoralReefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS)
Partners
Earth Law Center ( United States of America ) logo
Earth Law Center ( United States of America )
The Leatherback Project logo
The Leatherback Project

Speaker

Speaker Callie VEELENTURF

Founder, IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Speaker Dana AHMED

Ocean Programme Advisor, Earth Law Centre