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At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature

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At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature

NEW YORK—From the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called on fellow leaders to support a treaty affirming that nature has inherent rights. 

“Today I am announcing that Panama will lead internationally an effort to recognize the universal rights of nature. And I ask all of you to support us in this initiative,” Mulino said.

Panama’s center-right government is working within the longstanding U.N. Harmony with Nature program, proposing language in the triennial Harmony with Nature resolution that would formally open inter-governmental negotiations on a non-binding declaration asserting that nature has rights and articulating what those rights are. 

If the resolution passes in December, two co-facilitators—one from a developed country and one from a developing country—would guide governments through drafting and negotiation, with Panama aiming for a proposal by 2030, according to Callie Veelenturf, a marine conservation biologist whose foundation forNature is supporting the initiative. 

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