Two Inspiring Books for Late Summer

There has been a welcome surge of nature writing in recent years. Yet this has raised questions as to whose voices are privileged and heard in a space predominantly occupied by Western European traditions and authors. In 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, poets Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf seek to redress this imbalance.

This anthology revitalises conversations around environmentalism and ecopoetics. Its gathering of African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora voices is both urgent and inspirational. McCarthy Woolf was our poet in residence at the The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in LA in 2020, where she explored the relationship between poetry, law and capitalism’s impacts on black, brown and indigenous bodies.

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𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴? 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘸? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢 ‘𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’?

At the forefront of this movement, pioneering barrister Monica Feria-Tinta advocates not only for people, but also for those who have no voice: for rivers, forests and endangered species.

In  𝗔 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, she takes us behind the scenes of ten real cases as she argues against the destruction of cloud forests and for sovereign states to account for inaction.

Feria-Tinta was one of the distinguished speakers at our  launch conference  in Amsterdam in May 2024, where she spoke about the groundbreaking ITLOS Advisory Opinion on climate change and her involvement in the proceedings.

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The full ITLOS Panel Discussion can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsUtIj_pUU&t=345s