National legislation

Road

• Australia Great Ocean Road Environs Protection Act - 2020 [PDF 530KB] (2020).

River

• Australia Yarra river Protection Act - amendments from 2020 [PDF 712KB] (2017).

Forest

• Sacred Forest Law (2012).

Reef system

• Act on petroleum operations - Belize - 2017 [PDF 74KB] (2017).

Constitution

• Bolivian Constitution [PDF 610KB] (2009).

Mother Earth

• Peoples's Manifesto for Life (Declaration) "Toro toro" (2016).
• Call to action Re-Establishing our connection with Pachamama (2021).

Rights of nature

• Mother Earth Rights Law + UN of the Rights of Mother Earth [PDF 1,014KB] (2010).
• Law 300. Framework Law of Mother Earth and Integral Deveopment to Live Well [PDF 229KB] (2012).

Mother Earth

• National day of Mother Earth Decree (Declaration) (2016).

River

• Ranchería River Law (2024).

Constitution

• Ecuador Constitution English 2008 [PDF 946KB] (2008).

Environment

• Organic Code of the Environment (2017).

Water

• Organic Law of Water Resources, water uses and development (2014).

Nature

• National day of Environment Pronouncement (Declaration) (2019).

Indigenous Cosmovision

• Loyalty Island Environmental Code (2016).

River

• Corsica Assembly Declaration - Tavignanu River (2021).

Trees

• France Universal Declaration of Tree Rights (2019).

Eco-Governance System

Mexico City - Decree amending the Environmental Law of the Federal District [PDF 449KB] (2013).

Native Corn and its Ecosystems (Indigenous)

• Local Corn varieties Decree (2022).

Rights of nature

• Guerrero State - Constitutional amendment on the Rights to nature (2014).
• Mexico City - Constitutional amendment on the Rights of Nature (2017).
• Colima State - Constitutional amendment on the Rights to nature (2019).
• Oaxaca State - Constitutional amendment on the Rights to nature (2021).

River

• Mexico State - Constitutional amendment that grants Rights to nature (2024).

Indigenous Ontologies of Nature

• Resource Management Act (1991).
• Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act (1998).
• Te Uri o Hau Claims Settlement Act (2002).
• Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Claims Settlement Act (2005).
• Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act    Indigenous Ontologies of Nature (2006).
• Waikato River:
  • Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act (2010).
  • Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act (2010).
• Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Sttlement Act (2012).
• Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Act (2012).
• Ngāti Manawa Claims Settlement Act (2012).
• Ngāti Whare Claims Settlement Act (2012).
• Ngai Tuhoe Deed of Settlement 4 Jun 2013 (Te Urewera) [PDF 2,589KB] (2013).
• Te Urewera Act - 2014 [PDF 836KB] (2014).
• Te Awa Tupua Whanganui River Claims Settlement Bill - 2016 [PDF 520KB] (2017).
• Taranaki Maunga Te Anga Putakerongo - Record of Understanding [PDF 886KB] (2017).
• Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act (2017).
• Taranaki Maunga Record of Understanding (2017).
• Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Act (2018).
• Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Act (2019).
• National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (2020).
• Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act (2020).
• Water Services Act (2021).

River

• Whanganui River:
  • Whanganui River Agreement - 2012 [PDF 117KB] (2012).
  • Whanganui River Report - 1999 [PDF 12,685KB] (2019).
  • Whanganui Iwi Ruruku Whakatupua Te Tanekaha Supplementary Deed - 27 April 2016 [PDF 282KB] (2016).
  • Whanganui Iwi Whanganui River Deed of Settlement Summary - 5 August 2014 [PDF 1,333KB] (2014).
  • Whanganui River Deed of Settlement Ruruku Whakatupua Te Mana o Te Awa Tupua 5 August 2014 [PDF 1,810KB] (2014).
  • Whanganui River Deed of Settlement Ruruku Whakatupua Te Mana o Te Iwi o Whanganui - 5 August 2014 [PDF 1,089KB] (2014).

Ecosystems

• Protection of sea turtles and their habitats (2023)

Rights of nature

• Creation of the Environmental Committee Resolution (2022).
• Rights of Nature [PDF 2,707KB] (2022).

Rights of nature and ecosystems

• Saboga Wildlife Refuge Decree (2024).

Eco-Governance System

• Philippines Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (2024).

Rights of nature

• Marinduque Environmental Code (2025).

Lagoon

• Mar Menor Act (2022).

Rights of nature

• National Environment Act [PDF 825KB] (2019).