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Video Pills
Video Pill #6: Vito Comar on the Rights of Nature, Indigenous Worldviews, and Ecological Resilience
The sixth LUMEN video pill explores the connection between Indigenous knowledge and ecosystem protection in Brazil
Published on 30 October 2025
News
Call for Contributions – II International Congress on Comparative and Constitutional Law “Cuba CON-PARA 2026”
Professors, researchers, students, and legal and political science professionals worldwide are invited to participate in Havana, February 3–6, 2026 - deadline Nov. 30, 2025
Published on 30 October 2025
Model Laws
Declaration of the Rights of the Venetian Lagoon and the Responsibilities of Its Inhabitants and Users
The fourth model law of the LUMEN project, by Silvia Bagni and Amilcare D’Andrea from the University of Bologna, to protect the lagoon ecosystem and promote civic responsibility
Published on 30 October 2025
Video Pills
Video Pill #5: Interview with Liana Amin Lima da Silva on Consultation Protocols and the Rights of Nature in Brazil
The fifth LUMEN project insight focuses on Indigenous communities and the protection of ancestral territories.
Published on 30 October 2025
Model Laws
Model Law on the Recognition of Peasant Agriculture, the Promotion of Agroecology, and the Protection of Agrobiodiversity
Third model law of the LUMEN project, curated by Silvia Bagni from the University of Bologna, to strengthen the protection of agricultural biodiversity and enhance peasant agriculture
Published on 30 October 2025
Reports
“You Need a Seed To Build a Table”: Earth and the Rights of Nature at the Heart of the LUMEN Project
On Oct. 10–11, 2025, in Forlì, the LUMEN project’s final conference united students, researchers, and global activists to promote sustainability and build resilient communities.
Published on 29 October 2025
Model Laws
Model law for the recognition of Nature's rights
Second model law of the LUMEN project to promote Nature as a rights-bearing entity by Silvia Bagni from the University of Bologna and Vito Comar from the Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
Published on 30 October 2025
News
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