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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

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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

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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

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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

Video Pills

Fourth LUMEN Video Pill: María Mercedes Ortiz García on Environmental Law and Legal Personhood for Mar Menor

The Spanish jurist, visiting the University of Bologna, discusses the Mar Menor Law and the challenges of shifting toward an ecocentric model in environmental governance

Published on 25 July 2025

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Applications Now Open for the EVE Fall School 2025 – Deadline 30 July

An online learning opportunity for 20 postgraduate students from Europe and Africa interested in environmental challenges and Euro-African interdisciplinary dialogue.

Published on 20 July 2025

Video Pills

Third LUMEN video pill with Federica Costantini on marine ecology and the ecosystem approach

The marine biologist from the University of Bologna reflects on coral ecosystems, conservation, and the limitations of environmental law, in a dialogue with Silvia Bagni, LUMEN coordinator for UNIBO.

Published on 18 July 2025