RECENT SUCCESSES (These are only highlights; stay tuned for our full 2022 annual report!) INTERNATIONAL - HIGHLIGHTS • Co-led a coalition advocating for the Rights of Mother Earth to be supported in a landmark biodiversity agreement--which negotiators agreed to this month! • With Ocean Race, launched a campaign ‘Toward A Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights’ that now has the support of the governments of Cabo Verde, Monaco, and Genoa, Italy. • With Earth Thrive and others, submitted a Bern Convention complaint to oppose a mining project in Serbia, with the mine later being terminated. • Advanced the Rights of Nature within the Escazú Agreement, a regional agreement to uphold environmental “access rights” (e.g., access to justice) for the public. NATIONAL - HIGHLIGHTS • With The Leatherback Project, introduced a national Rights of Nature law in Panama, approved by the President on February 24th, 2022 (now the third country in the world)! • With International Rivers and others, supported numerous legal wins (e.g., through amicus briefs) defending the rights of ecosystems in Latin America, including for the Dulcepamba River and mangroves in Ecuador. • With Defensa Ambiental and others, helped develop text on the Rights of Nature and other ecocentric legal principles in Chile's draft constitution; while unsuccessful, our teams will again be involved in the next round of Constitutional drafting. • Continued advancing the Rights of Nature in Mexico, including through a potential national law, rights for rivers and other waters in Oaxaca, and rights of native corn (with Litigio Estratégico Indígena and others). • Supported various other legal drafting campaigns throughout the world, including to protect free-flowing rivers and native bees in Latin America. • With Lawyers for Nature and others, helped secure the first-ever Board seat for Nature within a company, Faith in Nature. • Assisted with many other Earth law projects in 15+ additional countries; visit our home page to learn more! LOCAL & BIOREGIONAL - HIGHLIGHTS • With Legal Rights for the Salish Sea, drafted and secured proclamations on the rights of Southern Resident Orcas in Port Townsend, Gig Harbor, and Langley Washington (USA). • With Save the Colorado, supported a successful resolution recognizing the rights of Grand Lake in Grand Lake, Colorado, joining other Rocky Mountain communities. • Submitted amicus briefs in the Pacific Northwest arguing that state forest lands must be managed for "all the people," not just to maximize profit (colleagues won the case), and calling for the lower Snake River dams to be breached. • With River Ethiope Trust Foundation, celebrated the anniversary of the "Stakeholders Declaration of Rights of the River Ethiope" on World Rivers Day and continued advocacy towards the rights of rivers. MODELS & TOOLKITS - HIGHLIGHTS • Developed a program to scale Earth law templates & models, launching in 2023 as a shared resource, and produced 15+ law, policy, and letter templates in support. • Launched a program to co-create and implement ecocentric legal tools for land owners (with partners). • Released a toolkit on Rights for Southern Resident Orcas. EDUCATION & MOVEMENT BUILDING - HIGHLIGHTS • Hosted 12 “Future Earth Leaders," an intergenerational group of students from high school to law school who are future leaders in Earth law. • The Earth Law coursebook is now being taught in numerous schools and expanding globally, with a teacher's manual on the way. • Trained 500+ students and 150+ lawyers on Earth-centered law in the last year, including through ELC's summer Earth Law course, which had 176 participants from 73 law schools on four continents. • Wrote various academic articles, including an essay PLOS Biology: "Living in Relationship with the Ocean to Transform Governance in the UN Ocean Decade." • Appeared in 100+ articles, podcasts, and other media. EVENTS & GATHERINGS - HIGHLIGHTS • Co-organized numerous events, including the Mother Earth Summit CDMX 2022 in Mexico, panels at the international climate change (#1 and #2) & biodiversity conferences (with Keystone Species Alliance), events at Columbia (with the Sabin Center) & Cardozo Law Schools, and a high-level Ocean Rights Roundtable. • Participated in many other events, including the Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature, 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference, GARN Global Gathering, SDG Moonshot Accelerator, Blue Climate Summit, The Ocean Race Summits, Balancing the Biome (Great Salt Lake), Stockholm+50, Monaco Ocean Week, Sharks International Conference 2022, and the first Escazú Agreement conference. | 
