Representations and Rights of the Environment

A critical, intercultural and interdisciplinary review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance.

A critical review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance, highlighting how inclusive, intercultural and interdisciplinary research play a role in comprehending current environmental crises. It provides new perspectives for students, researchers and practitioners of environmental policy and governance.Attending to the 'Cry of the Earth' requires a critical appraisal of how we conceive our relationship with the environment, and a clear vision of how to apprehend it in law and governance. Addressing questions of participation, responsibility and justice, this collective endeavour includes marginalised and critical voices, featuring contributions by leading practitioners and thinkers in Indigenous law, traditional knowledge, wild law, the rights of nature, theology, public policy and environmental humanities.Such voices play a decisive role in comprehending and responding to current global challenges. They invite us to broaden our horizon of meaning and action, modes of knowing and being in the world, and envision the path ahead with a new legal consciousness. A valuable reference for students, researchers and practitioners, this book is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.