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#1Planet1Right
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For nature. For people. We’re demanding that the UN make it a universal human right to live on a healthy planet.
Overview
So we’re glad you want to learn more about #1planet1right - you’ve come to the right place. Now that you’ve signed the petition (or if you haven’t, do so below), you want to know more….great!
The campaign is supported by well over 100 grassroots and global organisations who share our profound concern for the survival of our planet.
Recognition of a universal human right to a healthy natural environment is just one piece of the jigsaw puzzle assembled to address the existential crises of climate and collapsing biodiversity which threaten life on planet earth as we know it. If the COVID-19 crisis teaches us anything, it is how the reckless way we treat nature threatens our lives, our economies and our very future. A post-COVID recovery must be green and sustainable, and leave business as usual in the past. Our backs are to the wall. Our New Zealand partner, Forest & Bird, offers a powerful local road map for such an approach.
The United Nations is the playing field for universal human rights so we’ll start there. We are advised and guided by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Dr. David Boyd. The democratic, and therefore necessarily lengthy, process to secure this right starts with the UN’s Human Rights Council. We are part of a global civil society organisations call for the UN to recognise this right.
This is a call for organisations much like our call is for individuals.
We need to penetrate UN consciousness at ALL levels
from all parts of society around the globe to convey the urgency of the need to act.
We also urge your organisation or company to support 1planet1right. If you think your organisation would support this call, please click here.
An example of this type of endorsement for #1Planet1Right which we’ve received is that from the Global Pact for the Environment. Founded both on the right to live in a healthy environment and on the duty to take care of the environment, the Global Pact will give citizens the legal tools to become actors in the protection of the planet. The Global Pact would be complementary with the universal human right, encouraging a global legal framework that better protects our planet, all while filling the gaps in international environmental law.
Client Earth is another important organisation which has endorsed #1Planet1Right. Their tagline is “A future in which people and planet thrive together isn't just possible: it's essential.” Client Earth forces businesses and governments to deliver on their environmental obligations. They help to draft more robust, ambitious laws and they propose scientifically sound policies and solutions to protect rights and resources in the first place.
Lobbying the UN, its Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, is a function of getting the member state ambassadors and representatives to these bodies to act, and they do so at the direction of their national governments. So the pressure must come nationally, at the member state level, which is why we are so gratified to have over 100 of our partners in different countries around the world support our call.
The demand for this universal human right to a healthy natural environment is, as mentioned above,
part of a broad kaleidoscope of efforts - a battle on many fronts - to save our planet.
We mention some below, although this list is far from comprehensive or complete. We are deeply engaged, in particular, in fighting the catastrophic losses in our planet’s biodiversity and in fighting the devastating impacts of climate change. At BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, we have contributed a blueprint to help the EU address this crisis in its EU Green Deal, Biodiversity, Farm2Fork and CAP reform strategies. We are collaborating with many partners on an effective Post-2020 Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and will be highlighting, among many issues, the need for the new human right at the 30 September UN Summit on Biodiversity.
Another key event we will be contributing to is the United Nations Development Programme’s Nature for Life Hub, also taking place within the myriad events associated with the United Nations General Assembly this month (September 2020). The goal of these meetings is to address and advocate for the essential systemic transformations we must see if we are to bend the curve on nature loss.
We have wholeheartedly endorsed the Global Climate Strike and are working on contributing to the next UN Climate Change Conference, COP26.
An overarching effort we support as well is a platform called Voice for the Planet which aims to showcase the growing movement of people around the world calling for a new deal for nature and people.
We know that change comes from being informed and educated. This is why we believe so strongly with our partners on the ground in educating young people about their environment and the planet. These grass roots efforts are essential to developing the generation of children who will inherit the planet and demand the changes now to ensure its survival. With the support of the EU, we have been proud to establish the OWL One World Learning coalition.
So this then is just a glimpse of the connections between the myriad efforts and the very broad terrain on which, in which, we and #1planet1right are engaged in this existential fight. If you would like to make a concrete financial effort to help us continue and expand our work, we would be grateful.
The campaign is supported by well over 100 grassroots and global organisations who share our profound concern for the survival of our planet. The following BirdLife Partners have leant their support:
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Argentina - Aves Argentinas Australia - BirdLife Australia Austria - BirdLife Austria Bahamas - Bahamas National Trust Belarus - BirdLife Belarus Belgium - Natuurpunt Belize - Belize Audubon Society Bhutan - Royal Society for the Protection of Nature Bolivia - Associacion Armonia Botswana - BirdLife Botswana Brazil - SAVE Brazil Bulgaria - Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds Burkina Faso - NATURAMA Canada - Birds Canada Canada - Nature Canada Chile - Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de la Flora y Fauna China (Hong Kong) - Hong Kong Birdwatching Society Chinese Taiwan - Chinese Wild Bird Federation Colombia - Asociación Calidris Cook Islands - Te Ipukarea Society Croatia - Association BIOM Cyprus - BirdLife Cyprus Czechia - Czech Society for Ornithology Denmark - Dansk Ornitologisk Forening Djibouti - Djibouti Nature Dominican Republic - Grupo Jaragua
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Ecuador - Aves y Conservación Egypt - Nature Conservation Egypt El Salvador - SalvaNATURA Ethiopa - Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society Faroe Islands - Faroese Ornithological Society Fiji - NatureFiji-MareqetiViti France - Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux French Polynesia - Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie Georgia - Society for Nature Conservation Germany - Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Ghana - Ghana Wildlife Society Greece - Hellenic Ornitholgical Society Hungary - Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület India - Bombay Natural History Society Indonesia - Burung Indonesia Iraq - Nature Iraq Ireland - BirdWatch Ireland Italy - Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli Japan - World Bird Society of Japan Jordan - Jordan Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature Kazakhstan - Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan Kuwait - Environment Protection Society
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Latvia - Latvian Ornithological Society Lebanon - Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon Liechtenstein - Botanisch-Zoologische Gesellschaft Luxembourg - natur&ëmwelt Madagascar - Asity Madagascar Malawi - Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Malaysia - Malaysian Nature Society Mauritius - The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation Mexico - Pronatura Montenegro - Center for Protection and Research of birds of Montenegro Morocco- GREPOM Myanmar - Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association Nepal - Bird Conservation Nepal Netherlands - Society for the Protection of Birds New Caledonia (to France) - Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie New Zealand - Forest & Bird Nigeria - Nigerian Conservation Foundation North Macedonia - Macedonian Ecological Society Palau - Palau Conservation Society Panama - Panama Audubon Society Paraguay - Guyra Philippines - Haribon Foundation
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Portugal - Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds Saudi Arabia - Saudi Wildlife Authority Serbia - Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia Seychelles - Nature Seychelles Sierra Leone - Conservation Society of Sierra Leone Singapore - Nature Society South Africa - BirdLife South Africa Spain - SEO/BirdLife Sri Lanka - Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka Sweden - Swedish Ornithological Society Switzerland - SVS/BirdLife Switzerland Syria - Syrian Society for Conservation of Wildlife Thailand - Bird Conservation Society of Thailand Tunisia - Association Les Amis des Oiseaux Uganda - NatureUganda UK - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds USA - Audubon Zambia - BirdWatch Zambia Zimbabwe - BirdLife Zimbabwe |
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