Catalyzing rights-based protections for Nature

forNature is a global initiative catalyzing high-impact protection measures for Nature and advocating for the recognition of the intrinsic Rights of Nature. It was founded by marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer Callie Veelenturf, whose efforts in advancing the Rights of Nature has inspired change from nesting beaches to national courts. By uniting science, education, community leadership, and storytelling, we generate the evidence and arguments needed to recognize Nature’s inherent rights to exist, persist, regenerate, be restored, and represented within legal systems and ensure that these rights are upheld in practice.

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Together with the National Geographic Society, we are amplifying the Rights of Nature through world-leading science, education and storytelling, advancing it as an effective, science-backed solution to the biodiversity and climate crises.