Municipal legislation
Select a country from the list below to access legislation issued by municipal governments in that country relating to the rights of nature. The documents are categorised by the entity the legislation concerns.
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Colombia
- France
- India
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Peru
- Spain
- United Kingdom - England
- United Kingdom - Northern Ireland
- United States
- Uganda
Rights of Nature
Rights of Nature
Ecosystem
Mountains
Rights of Nature
- 2018: Ceará - Fortaleza.
- 2022: Goiás - Alto Paraíso.
- 2023: Mato Grosso - Alto Paraguai [PDF 1,954KB].
- 2023: Mato Grosso - Guarjá Mirim.
- 2022: Minas Gerais - Serro [PDF 2,358KB].
- 2023: Paraíba - Alagoa Nova.
- 2017: Paraíba - Bonito [PDF 185KB].
- 2018: Pernambuco - Paudalho [PDF 230KB].
- 2023: Piauí - Jose do Freitas [PDF 2,745KB].
- 2023: Rondonia - Guarjá Mirim.
- 2019: Santa Catarina - Florianopolis [PDF 306KB].
- 2015: Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo Declaration.
- 2018: Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo.
River
- 2024: Goiás - Goias (Vermelho River).
- 2024: Minas Gerais - Porteirinha [DOC 74KB].
- Guarjá Mirim River:
Waves
River
Ecosystem
- 2019: Nariño Decree.
River
River
- 2017: River Narmada [PDF 429KB].
Right of Nature
Lake
Right of Nature - Water
River
River
Rights of Nature
Creek Watershed and Ecosystem
Lake Watershed
Natural Asset
- 2010: Maine - Monroe Ordinance.
Natural Communities
Natural Communities and Ecosystems
- 2018: California - Ordinance Santa Monica US - 2018 [PDF 209KB].
- 2019: California - Ordinance Santa Monica US - 2019 [PDF 312KB].
- 2011: Maryland - Mountain Lake Park Ordinance [PDF 1,480KB].
- 2013: New Hampshire - Grafton Ordinance.
- 2010: New York - Danby Ordinance.
- 2014: Ohio - Athens Town Bill of Rights.
- 2012: Ohio - Mansfield Town Bill of Rights.
- 2013: Ohio - Oberlin Ordinance.
- 2016: Ohio - Waterville Town Bill of Rights.
- 2011: Pennsylvania - Baldwin Ordinance [PDF 474KB].
- 2009: Pennsylvania - Blaine Charter.
- 2006: Pennsylvania - Blaine Ordinance.
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Blaine Prohibition Ordinance.
- 2012: Pennsylvania - Ferguson Ordinance.
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Nockamixon Ordinance.
- 2006: Pennsylvania - Rush Ordinance.
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Shrewsbury Ordinance.
- 2006: Pennsylvania - Tamaqua Ordinance (Sewage Sludge) [PDF 3,221KB].
- 2007: Pennsylvania - Tamaqua Ordinance (Waste and Local Control).
- 2011: Pennsylvania - West Homestead Ordinance [PDF 180KB].
- 2008: Virginia - Halifax Ordinance [PDF 4,655KB].
Rights of Ecosystems
- 2014: New Hampshire - Alexandria Ordinance.
- 2019: New Hampshire - Epping Resolution
- 2018: New Hampshire - Plymouth Bill of Rights.
Rights of Nature
- 2023: California - Arcata Proclamation.
- 2014: California - Mendocino Bill of Rights [PDF 171KB].
- 2013: California - Ordinance Santa Monica US - 2013 [PDF 175KB].
- 2018: Colorado - Crestone Ordinance [PDF 108KB].
- 2021: Colorado - Creston Ordinance on Lighting and Dark Skies.
- 2017: Colorado - Lafayette Bill of Rights [PDF 335KB].
- 2009: Maine - Newfield Ordinance.
- 2013: Maine - Sangerville Ordinance.
- 2009: Maine - Shapleigh Ordinance
- 2024: Massachusetts - Falmouth Resolution [PDF 428KB].
- 2007: New Hampshire - Atkinson Ordinance.
- 2016: New Hampshire - Barrington Ordinance.
- 2012: New Hampshire - Easton Ordinance.
- 2019: New Hampshire - Exeter Ordinance.
- 2014: New Hampshire - Hebron Ordinance.
- 2018: New Hampshire - Plymouth Ordinance.
- 2012: New Hampshire - Sugar Hill Ordinance.
- 2011: New York - Town of Wales Ordinance [PDF 37KB].
- 2012: Ohio - Yellow Springs Ordinance [PDF 852KB].
- 2010: Pennsylvania - Licking Ordinance [PDF 443KB].
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Mahanoy Ordinance [PDF 1,302KB].
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Newtown Ordinance.
- 2008: Pennsylvania - Packer Ordinance [PDF 267KB].
- 2010: Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Ordinance [PDF 236KB].
- 2015: Pennsylvania - West Chester Bill of Rights.
- 2011: Pennsylvania - Wilkinsburg Ordinance [PDF 163KB].
- 2011: Pensylvania - Forest Hills Ordinance [PDF 352KB].
- 2023: Wisconsin - Milwaukee County Resolution.
Rights of Nature, Natural Communities and Ecosystems
- 2006: New Hampshire - Barnstead Ordinance.
- 2008: New Hampshire - Nottingham Water Rights Ordinance [PDF 26KB].
River
- 2021: Colorado - Ridgway Resolution (Declaration).
- 2020: Florida - Orange County Ordinance [PDF 8,770KB].
- 2022: New York - Potsdam Resolution [PDF 206KB].
- 2024: Washington - Everett City Ordinance.
