Model Laws
Legal tools and guidelines to translate the ecosystem approach into concrete regulations, supporting integrated strategies to address the ecological crisis.
Model Laws
The Model Laws section presents the results of the project’s “model law lab,” a research and dialogue space dedicated to translating the ecosystem approach into concrete and actionable legal tools. Here, policy guidelines and model laws are published in open access, offering innovative normative strategies to address the challenges of the Anthropocene and promote an integrated response to the ecological crisis.
Model Declaration of the Rights of the River
This model declaration, designed to be included as an annex to river contracts, aims to foster an empathetic civic awareness toward natural entities, recognizing rivers as living beings with their own specificities and needs. Structured in three parts—a preamble reflecting the values and motivations emerging from participatory processes, a central section outlining the river’s rights in line with the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Rivers, and a closing section defining the commitments of all parties involved—it serves as both a legal and educational tool to ensure a dignified life for water bodies.
Highlights
NextGenerationEU
PRIN 2022 PNRR “LUMEN - Law of nature and human ecosystem approach: modelling a transcultural eco-legal framework”, P.I. prof.ssa S. Bagni, Università degli Studi di Bologna, finanziato dall'Unione Europea – NextGenerationEU a valere sul Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 Istruzione e ricerca – Componente 2 Dalla ricerca all’impresa – Investimento 1.1, Avviso PRIN 2022 PNRR DD n. 1409 del 14 settembre 2022, codice proposta P20222H49L – CUP J53D23018680001.