1st Edition

Rights for Ecosystem Services Local Communities and the Rights of Nature

By Giulia Sajeva Copyright 2025
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses how protecting the rights of local communities can contribute to the alleviation of ecological harms through the development of an innovative 'Rights for Ecosystem Services' framework.  Ecosystem services describe the range of social, ecological, and economic benefits that people obtain from nature. Recognising the role of local communities, and criticizing the very use... Read more

1: Welcoming Local Communities 2: From Human Rights to the Rights of Nature 3: Nature as a Human Rights Foundation 4: Learning and Unlearning from Payments for Ecosystem Services 5: Rights for Ecosystem Services (RES) 6: A Bluefin Tuna Tale: The Egadi islands, Traditional Traps and the Market 7: From Local Communities to Rights of Nature, and Return

Biography

Giulia Sajeva is Researcher in Political Philosophy at the Department of Cultures and Society, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.