DEFEND-BIO’s main scientific objective is two-fold
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a) Generate novel understanding of biosphere defenders as agents of change in NBS and the just and effective implementation of law and policy for integrated responses to biodiversity stewardship and human well-being and
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b) Analyse how law and policy LAC and European actors can support actions by biosphere defenders on NBS for just sustainability transformations.
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OUR MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION
How can law and policy implementation support biosphere defender’s rights to healthy environment and non-conventional NBS for just sustainability transformations and biodiversity stewardship?
The project is divided in five systematic areas of work, each closely connected.
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International and Regional Law
Biosphere defenders using international and regional law and policy to advance the right to a healthy environment and NBS
Transnational European Economic Law
The role of biosphere defenders advancing NBS in the context of transnational supply chain governance and sustainable finance regulation
Litigation in Latin American and the Caribbean Countries
Biosphere defenders in rights-based, biocultural and ecocentric litigation in LAC countries hosting the major transboundary ecosystems
Living Law
Biosphere defenders’ living law for NBS
Citizen Data
Citizen-generated data and legal empowerment
OUR OBJECTIVES
Investigating
Biosphere defenders using international and regional law and policy to advance the right to a healthy environment and NBS
Empowering
Defenders with legal tools and strategies to advance environmental human rights, particularly in the context of the Escazú Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Co-creating
Enabling environments for defenders to scale out locally-led NBS and scale-up impact at regional and global levels to support environmental democracy, human rights and sustainability transformations.
OUR ACTIVITIES
INVESTIGATING
The mechanisms within international law that support the practical work of biosphere defenders.
STUDYING
The impacts of national-level litigation to protect nature in LAC countries.
EXAMINING
The European Union (EU) directives on value chains and finance that have a transboundary impact in LAC, analyzing how the implementation of EU legislation can support biosphere defenders and the practical effects of having additional legal empowerment tools.
DEVELOPING
Legal empowerment tools and a model law designed to support advocates and biosphere defenders across various jurisdictions in LAC to gain awareness of their rights and influence law and policy.
HOW WE INTERACT AND COLLABORATE
To ensure a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, our areas of work are designed to collaborate closely. Discover how they connect and contribute below.
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