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Decolonising Plant Knowledge: Thinking around ‘Rau’
A series of seminars at Cambridge explores botanical knowledge and Indigenous perspectives, available online – opening 15 October 2025
Published on 15 October 2025
Publications
Online the special issue of Poliarchie/Polyarchies dedicated to nature and agrobiodiversity
The volume, a result of the PRIN PNRR 2022 “LUMEN” project, brings together contributions from the seminars organized by the Trieste research unit on legal ecology and planetary sustainability.
Published on 08 October 2025
Reports
Towards the Rights of Nature in Brazil
Three events in September 2025 with the participation of Silvia Bagni, LUMEN UNIBO coordinator, to promote a popular law recognizing the rights of nature.
Published on 11 September 2025
News
LUMEN Project Final Conference – Forlì, 10–11 October 2025
“To Make a Table, You Need a Seed: Ecosystemic Approach and the Rights of Nature for a Resilient Territory and Community”
Published on 08 September 2025
News
Lesson on the Rights of Nature in a Comparative Perspective
An event to reflect on the rights of nature in a comparative perspective, featuring Silvia Bagni (UNIBO, coordinator of the LUMEN project) and Liana Amin Lima (UFGD).
Published on 05 September 2025
News
New Collaborations with the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD)
he LUMEN project has launched new collaborations with the Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cerrado Pantanal and the Ara Poty Project on environmental initiatives in indigenous communities.
Published on 04 September 2025
Reports
Visit to the “Cerrado Pantanal” Agroforestry Project and New LUMEN Collaboration
Visit to the “Cerrado Pantanal” agroforestry project in the Bororó communities, with Silvia Bagni: new collaboration between LUMEN and the Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cerrado Pantanal.
Published on 03 September 2025
News
The LUMEN Project in Brazil for the Rights of Nature
Silvia Bagni in Dourados and Campo Grande this September to discuss the legal recognition of nature and the intergenerational dimension of law.
Published on 01 September 2025
Publications
New LUMEN Publication on the Law of Ecosystem Relations
In the latest issue of L’Ircocervo, Silvia Bagni presents an innovative approach to law, recognizing limited legal subjectivity for non-human beings and incorporating an intergenerational dimension.
Published on 29 August 2025
Publications
The duty to protect the intrinsic value of nature in a new publication from the LUMEN Project
In the new volume State Responsibilities in the Climate Crisis, Silvia Bagni analyzes how protecting nature through an ecocentric approach can contribute to global climate justice.
Published on 29 August 2025
Model Laws
Publication of the Model Declaration of the Rights of the River
First output of LUMEN’s Model Law Lab: an open legal model for including the rights of the river in river contracts, translating the ecosystem approach into concrete tools for protection.
Published on 06 August 2025
Video Pills
Watch the first 4 LUMEN video pills: law, nature, and the ecosystem approach
Interviews with international experts on the rights of nature, climate crisis, marine ecology, and environmental governance
Published on 01 August 2025