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Our blog shares insights and perspectives from the ELF team and our contributors. It is for general information only and isn’t a substitute for legal advice.
28 Feb 2023
Protecting Local Natural Reserves with the Rights of Nature Movement
Celebrating Stewardship and Working Together for Environmental Change As awareness of the environmen...
07 Feb 2023
ELF intervenes in Supreme Court Case
Last year, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) was granted permission, alongside the Good ...
01 Feb 2023
Nature’s Voice: The Rise of the Rights of Nature in the Legal System
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES LEADING THE WAY In our previous blog, we introduced the concept of the...
18 Jan 2023
The Rights of Nature: A New Era of Environmental Protection
The Historical and Cultural Roots of the Rights of Nature For centuries, humans in the Western world...
22 Dec 2022
ELF, Standing up for Nature – case highlights from 2022
As ever ELF has this year seen a wide spectrum of enquiries: judicial reviews, river and marine poll...
22 Dec 2022
Bending the curve on biodiversity loss
Dr Joanna Smallwood, solicitor at University of Sussex, who attended COP 15, says that adoption of a...
17 Nov 2022
Celebrating 30 years of love and rage
Empowerment, nature and everyday heroes honoured at ELF’s 30th anniversary event This month th...
24 Oct 2022
The law as if people and the planet matter
Martin Polden OBE and Diana Schumacher OBE reflect on ELF’s 30th Anniversary There is a happy coin...
13 Oct 2022
Standing up for Nature – Harnessing the power of local communities – 1st November 2022
The Environmental Law Foundation’s David Hall Memorial Conversation with Chris Packham and Mya...
13 Oct 2022
Clean Air
The inspirational true story of a woman’s rise from everyday housewife to remarkable environme...