Pronunciamiento en El Salvador considera que los bosques son entidades vivientes
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA: 5 de junio de 2019
Contactos: Eneas Wilfredo Martínez Santos (eneaswilfredo@gmail.com, +503 70841322) Roberto Carlos Olivares Martínez (rcolivares@gmail.com, +503 77962043)
Grant Wilson (gwilson@earthlaw.org, +1 510-566-1063)
Ahuachapán, El Salvador: Hoy, en el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador aprobó un pronunciamiento que considera que "los bosques son entidades vivientes", junto con otras declaraciones en apoyo a un ambiente saludable. El Pronunciamiento también afirma que los seres humanos deben comprometerse a cuidar, preservar y respetar los bosques, y promover acciones concretas para su expansión en El Salvador.
"Reconocer a los bosques como entidades vivientes sienta las bases para un nuevo paradigma en El Salvador en el que los seres humanos vivan en armonía con los bosques y los respeten como algo más que una propiedad", dijo el abogado salvadoreño Eneas Wilfredo Martínez Santos. "Sin los bosques naturales prósperos, nuestro planeta no puede mantener a los seres humanos ni a millones de otras especies que dependen de ecosistemas saludables".
Durante el último año, una coalición de líderes ambientales y sociales, incluidos abogados, ingenieros y estudiantes universitarios, han pedido el reconocimiento de los Derechos de la Naturaleza en El Salvador. En los últimos meses, la coalición, Sí por los Derechos de la Naturaleza, se ha centrado en una campaña para reconocer a los bosques como entidades vivientes.
El Salvador ha perdido aproximadamente el 85 por ciento de sus bosques nativos desde la década de 1960, y el planeta en su conjunto ha perdido alrededor del 80 por ciento. Pero en los últimos años, El Salvador se ha comprometido firmemente a restaurar sus paisajes.
"El pronunciamiento de hoy muestra el compromiso de El Salvador con nuevas formas de gobierno que tienen en cuenta las necesidades de los ecosistemas", dijo Grant Wilson, Abogado Director del Earth Law Center. "Esperamos que El Salvador pueda inspirar a muchos otros países a tomar acciones similares".
Sí para los Derechos de la Naturaleza está dedicado a establecer los Derechos de la Naturaleza en El Salvador.
Earth Law Center (www.earthlawcenter.org) trabaja para transformar la ley para reconocer y proteger los derechos inherentes de la Naturaleza a existir, prosperar y evolucionar.
Pronouncement in El Salvador Deems Forests to be Living Entities
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly declared that “forests are living entities” on World Environment Day.
Bosque Conchagua in El Salvador (via Wikipedia)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2019
Contacts:
Eneas Wilfredo Martínez Santos (eneaswilfredo@gmail.com, +503 70841322)
Roberto Carlos Olivares Martínez (rocolivares@gmail.com, +503 77962043)
Grant Wilson (gwilson@earthlaw.org, +1 510-566-1063)
Ahuachapán, El Salvador: Today, on World Environment Day, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a pronouncement deeming that “forests are living entities.” The pronouncement also states that each person must commit to caring for, preserving, and respecting forests, and to promoting concrete actions that expand forests in El Salvador. This historic recognition was part of a larger pronouncement in support of a healthy environment.
“Recognizing forests as living entities sets the stage for a new paradigm in El Salvador in which humans live in harmony with forests and respect them as more than just property,” said El Salvadorian lawyer Eneas Wilfredo Martínez Santos. “Without thriving natural forests, our planet cannot support humans nor millions of other species that rely upon healthy ecosystems.”
Over the last year, a coalition of environmental and social leaders—including lawyers, engineers, and university students—have called for recognition of the Rights of Nature in El Salvador. In recent months, the coalition, Yes for the Rights of Nature (“Sí por los Derechos de la Naturaleza”), has focused on a campaign to recognize forests as living entities.
El Salvador has lost about 85 percent of its native forests since the 1960s, and the planet as a whole has lost about 80 percent of its native forests. But in recent years, El Salvador has made a strong commitment to restoring its native landscapes.
“Today’s pronouncement shows El Salvador’s commitment to new forms of governance that consider the needs of ecosystems,” said Grant Wilson, Directing Attorney at Earth Law Center, which has provided legal support on the Rights of Nature in El Salvador. “We hope that El Salvador can inspire many other countries to take similar actions.”
Yes for the Rights of Nature (“Sí por los Derechos de la Naturaleza”) is dedicated to establishing Rights of Nature in El Salvador. Visit https://www.facebook.com/siporlanaturaleza.
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