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Speak4Nature · Speak for Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches on Ecological Justice

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2023-03-01 → 2027-02-28
EU contribution
€1,260,400
Participants
11
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE

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Results in brief

Speak for Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches on Ecological Justice

"Speak4Nature" addresses the urgent challenges posed by anthropogenic global changes and the impact of human activities on nature. The project aims to reassess knowledge and practices in social sciences and civil awareness, enhancing our understanding of humanity's relationship with Nature. It focuses on "ecological justice" (EJ), viewing nature as an active participant deserving of justice and highlighting the interdependence of human and non-human communities. Despite various environmental policies, there's a gap in the ethical foundations of EJ, often neglected by traditional justice concepts. "Speak4Nature" seeks to bridge these gaps through a multidisciplinary and international collaborative network, emphasizing both theoretical and empirical research on non-human nature's representation and innovative socio-legal strategies. The project's objectives include conceptualizing EJ from a broad perspective, exploring how social sciences extend moral consideration to non-human nature, mapping legal techniques advocating for non-human voices, empowering civil society in ecological awareness, and ensuring effective communication of outcomes through a comprehensive White Book on EJ and multilingual training resources. These efforts aim to enhance the representation of non-human nature and promote ecological awareness.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The complexity of current ecological challenges requires to elaborate new methods to understand the way we interact with the environment and to eradicate the anachronistic human-centred conception of nature. Scientists, governments and regulators are asked to create a “justice” capable to reframe the concept of nature as an active player, in line with the notion of Ecological Justice (EJ). Counting on a consortium of 9 international interdisciplinary forefront academic (universities and research centers) and non-academic institutions (a for-profit company and NGOs) in EU and Latin America, Speak4Nature aims to develop new socio-legal instruments and methodologies to provide a common theoretical and operational basis in social and environmental sciences to give voice to non-human beings in legal instances, and to contribute to the creation of a shared vision towards the treatment of “nature” itself useful for the adaptation of the political process to the current ecological challenges.In particular, Speak4Nature will aim to: SO1) conceptualize EJ from a multidisciplinary, intersectoral, and international perspective; SO2) define why, how and under what influence different social sciences extend moral considerability to non-human nature; SO3) map the current social and legal techniques to assert the voice of non-human nature; SO4) empower civil society and stakeholders’ role in ecological awareness, restoration and climate change litigation; SO5) ensure the uptake of project outcomes by developing practical guidelines and training tools on legal techniques and standards to implement EJ principles in disputes over environmental violations.Through interdisciplinary and intersectoral secondments and knowledge transfer mechanisms, Speak4Nature will increase the skills of the involved staff to foster the study, exchange and dissemination of knowledge on issues related to the ecology of law, contributing to the improvement of EJ standards and policies.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL PIEMONTE ORIENTALE AMEDEO AVOGADRO · VercelliCoordinatorItaly
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • ECOCASTULUM SL · LinaresSpain
  • FISCALIA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE · SANTIAGOChile
  • FUNDACION HOGAR DEL EMPLEADO · MADRIDSpain
  • LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · PlaneggGermany
  • UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID · MadridSpain
  • UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID · Getafe (Madrid)Spain
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL · Santa FeArgentina
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA. · FlorianopolisBrazil
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE · ParisFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union