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GC-046

Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature

Network Garden of Eden General Assembly of Earth Global

International network advancing rights of nature through legal frameworks, hosting International Rights of Nature Tribunals, and supporting community-led campaigns for ecosystem legal personhood.

Intelligence
collaboration_potential
Very High. GARN directly prototypes alternative international governance structures through their International Rights of Nature Tribunals, which function as large-scale, politically serious role-play and legislative simulations. They are ideal partners for a governance LARP exploring ecosystem legal personhood.
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community_size
The alliance has grown to over 1,500 individual members and more than 140 member organizations representing every continent.
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event_participation
International Rights of Nature Tribunals (e.g., Lima Tribunal covering the Mirador Mining Project); IUCN World Conservation Congress (Marseille, 2021); IUCN Global Youth Summit (2021); World Social Forum in Nepal (2023); Upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP30
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funding_sources
Synchronicity Earth (Supported funding for 2023, 2024, 2025 to expand the International Tribunal and global hubs); Karibu Foundation (Grantee partner for the Asia-Pacific Hub); Public donations
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governance_model
Operates via an international alliance model with regional/thematic hubs and specialized working groups. Notable groups include the Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Knowledge Working Group, the Economics Working Group, and the Legislative Working Group (led by CELDF).
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key_projects
International Rights of Nature Tribunal; Regional and thematic global hubs, including the Asia-Pacific Hub, Indigenous Council, Academic Hub, Legal Hub, and Youth Hub; Community-led projects such as the "Sacred Territories and Exploration around Rights of Nature" in Kashmir, NW India
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partner_orgs
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF); Earth Law Center; Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); Global Exchange; The Pachamama Alliance / Fundación Pachamama (Ecuador); Council of Canadians; Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazónico (CEDIA); Fundación Ambiente y Sociedad
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partner_orgs
Rights of Nature Sweden (Naturens Rattigheter) is a partner organization in Sweden
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publications
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth (Crafted at the 2010 Cochabamba summit with GARN founders); Joint declaration on the Rights of Nature and Future Generations (co-created with Earth Law Center)
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Notes

Directly relevant to Garden's governance innovation dimension. Hosts tribunals that are a form of governance simulation.