Essays about: "Ecuador"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 92 essays containing the word Ecuador.
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26. Defining Nature: Who’s Talking? The concept of nature in legal cases with Rights of Nature in Ecuador : a frame/framing analysis of interpretations of nature, underlying factors and recommended actions
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Since 2008, the Ecuadorian constitution grants intrinsic rights to nature. However, scholars highlight the stark contrast between the intended philosophy of rights of nature (RoN) and its implementation. The concept of “nature” in the constitution is left relatively undefined, hence open for interpretation of any actor in court. READ MORE
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27. Disability and the “art” of interpretation: Treaty interpretation methods followed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Gonzales Lluy et al. v. Ecuador case
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This study is focused on the relationship between treaty interpretation methods and the protection granted to the plaintiffs by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its judgment of Gonzales Lluy et al. v. Ecuador. READ MORE
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28. The Galapagos Islands - a conflict of interests : a case study of how conservation, tourism and local interests meet, and howthat affect the islands and the residents
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis aims to examine how conservation, a growing tourism industry, and local interests meet at the Galapagos islands, Ecuador, and how that affects the islands and the people living or working there. This study is a result of a case study conducted at the Galapagos islands, mainly the island of Santa Cruz (which is the most populated island and the “economic capital”, as well as the island that has gone through the most rapid change in relation to growing tourism industry and development), done over the course of six weeks. READ MORE
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29. Sumak Kawsay and Clashing Ontologies in theEcuadorian Struggle towards De-coloniality : Progressive mobilization, romanticized constitutional reforms and local conceptions of Sumak Kawsay / Alli Kawsay in Ecuador
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : This thesis analyzes and problematizes the challenges and dilemmas associated with the implementation in practice of the indigenous conceptualization Sumak Kawsay/Buen-Vivir that originally is a conceptualization of a lifestyle in indigenous communities in Ecuador. The concepts were included in the new Constitution of Ecuador in 2008 that was ratified during progressive constitutional reforms under the former president Rafael Correa and with the support of the indigenous movement. READ MORE
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30. Legal Rights to Nature as a Fundamental Step towards a Planet in Harmony : Exemplified by the process that led up to Ecuador’s Constitution of 2008
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The Rights of Nature is an emerging concept within sustainable development, it states that the current environmental laws are not enough to protect nature from human harm. The movement emphasize the need to acknowledge other living entities in our law systems, regardless of their use or benefit for humans. READ MORE
