Isbn: 9798265725738 - sovereignty for nature, survival for all: natural rights led governance towards sustainable future (2 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Can nature have rights? Can governance truly protect life, not just profit?This book answers with a bold yes-by bringing together climate change, oceans and water systems, urban sustainability, biodiversity, pollution, waste, energy, and governance under one unifying framework: Natural Rights Led Governance (NRLG).Nature Insights: Natural Rights & Governance-A Field Guide for Climate, Oceans & Cities is not another awareness-only volume. It is a practical, evidence-driven guide rooted in the groundbreaking work of M. Zakir Hossain Khan, author of Sovereignty for Nature, Survival for All. It connects theory with action, ideas with budgets, and rights with real enforcement.Inside you will discover: Climate & Resilience: Clear strategies to align climate adaptation and mitigation with rights to life, health, water, and dignity. Explore funding mechanisms, justice-based adaptation, and policies that build community resilience instead of leaving the vulnerable behind.Oceans & Water Systems: From coral reefs and mangroves to rivers and wetlands, learn how marine biodiversity can be restored, why rivers recognized as legal persons matter, and how a blue economy can prosper without destruction.Cities & Sustainability: Understand how urban areas-home to nearly 70% of the world's population by 2050-can become living ecosystems rather than heat islands. Topics include urban forests, rooftop gardens, flood resilience, transit reforms, and equitable design.Wildlife & Biodiversity: Evidence on habitat protection, community guardianship, indigenous stewardship, and how biodiversity loss is linked to pandemics, food insecurity, and cultural erosion.Pollution & Waste: Step-by-step measures to cut plastic, toxins, and waste at every level of society. Learn how the circular economy and zero-waste policies create healthier ecosystems and profitable enterprises.Energy, Economy & Justice: Explore renewable energy, just transition, climate finance, and green jobs-linking prosperity with sustainability while dismantling destructive subsidies and fossil fuel dependence.Natural Rights & Governance: The heart of this book. A complete walkthrough of Natural Rights Led Governance: states as trustees, nature as sovereign, communities as guardians. Learn how global precedents-from Ecuador to Bangladesh-are reshaping law, courts, and policy.Why this book is different: NRLG at the core: Unlike generic sustainability texts, this framework transforms ideals into enforceable law and policy.Action Blueprints: Policy options, program checklists, and governance models you can implement immediately.People and Prosperity: From fishers and farmers to factory workers and students, equity is woven into every solution.Practical outcomes you'll gain: How to design laws and programs that recognize nature's right to exist and regenerate.Ways to finance resilience through climate funds, just transitions, and nature-based solutions.Frameworks to measure beyond GDP-clean air, biodiversity, water security, and resilience indicators.Methods to empower communities as guardians of ecosystems with enforceable standing in courts.Global case studies-from wetland co-management in Bangladesh to river personhood laws-showing what works now.Turn ideas into institutions. Turn principles into protections. Turn policy into prosperity-without leaving nature behind. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…