Actions initiated by Thomas EGLI on Rights of Nature
As part of his involvement in the work of the UN and the safeguarding of the Planet, Thomas EGLI has oriented, within the organizations he has created, certain actions in particular. On this page you will find a summary of the actions carried out with the aim of giving Nature its own rights and protecting it.
Objectif Sciences International
Objectif Sciences International, Special Consultative Status to the UN, proposes to achieve the resolution of the Sustainable Development Goals and concretize a successful quality education, through the implementation of participatory research actions. Participatory research is the most successful form of participatory science, both in terms of the research projects conducted and in terms of the format, which implements project-based learning and a strong involvement through real-life experience.
Following an important step initiated in 2013 by Thomas EGLI within the NGO Objectif Sciences International, this one now puts a special emphasis on the issue of the Rights of Nature, in close partnership with the Harmony with Nature Programme of the UN, on a permanent basis.
In each country where actions are carried out, it is in one or more of the following 7 axes, from the 8 axes defined by the Harmony with Nature Programme:
- Earth-centered Law,
- Ecological Economics,
- Education,
- Holistic Science (includes Biology, Chemistry, Cosmovisions, Geology, Physics, Holistic Food Systems including Fisheries and Water) and Holistic Medicine,
- Humanities (includes Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology and Sociology),
- Philosophy and Ethics,
- The Arts, Media, Design and Architecture.
Europe
Switzerland
Lausanne - Monitoring the water quality of Leman Lake and its biodiversity; highlighting the health of the largest aquatic ecosystem in Western Europe, by young girls and boys aged 10 to 18, and their scientific educators. OSI WATER WATCH Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Geneva - Studies on Rights of Rhone River; Studies of the interactions between humans and the Rhone River ecosystem by young girls and boys aged 13 to 25 and their science educators. OSI EXCELLENCE Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities | Earth-centered Law
Valais - Monitoring the evolution of the biodiversity of the Val d’Anniviers in relation to the return of the wolf; Inventory and methodical monitoring of the biodiversity of fauna, flora and mycology in the whole valley, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years, and their scientific educators. The largest citizen biodiversity inventory campaign leaded in the world in a same place by a same team. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Valais - Monitoring of the evolution of the biodiversity of the Val d’Anniviers in relation to the evolution of the climate ; Indicator monitoring of high altitude flora to measure the impact on biodiversity and its right to survival, due to climate change caused by human activity, by young girls and boys aged 13 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
France
Vittel - Monitoring the water quality of the rivers in the Vittel watershed ; state of the art of the respect of the rights of a representative aquatic ecosystem, by young girls and boys aged 10 to 18, and their scientific educators, in order to disseminate worldwide a model of participatory and citizen monitoring of watershed. OSI WATER WATCH Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Baronnies provençales - Wolf Rights Studies; Studies of the rights of the wolf in the context of its wild re-establishment in Eastern France, by young girls and boys aged 13 to 25 years, and their scientific educators. OSI EXCELLENCE Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities | Earth-centered Law
Baronnies provençales - Monitoring along the Drôme river ; Scientific monitoring and inventory of the water quality and biodiversity of the Drôme River and its beaver population, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18, and their scientific educators, in order to give rights and protection to the river ecosystem of the southern Drôme. OSI PERCEPTION Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Drôme provençale - Rapid biodiversity inventories; Monitoring and discovery of the presence of orchids, birds of prey, fungi, reptiles and insects, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18, and their scientific educators, in order to give its rights and protection to the pastoral ecosystem of the southern Drôme. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Drôme provençale - Monitoring and fine understanding of the forest ecosystem; Scientific monitoring and tree climbing by young girls and boys, ages 7-18, and their science educators, to give the forest ecosystem of the southern Drome its rights and protection. OSI PERCEPTION Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Atlantic coast - Monitoring of the seahorse population; Monitoring and inventory of the health of seahorse populations in the French Atlantic, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators, in order to conserve and protect its rights and protection to the underwater ecosystem of the Atlantic coast. OSI SUB’ECOSYSTEMS Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Atlantic coast - Monitoring the health of oceanic meadows; Inventory of the situation of the original seaweed beds of the Natural Marine Park of Iroise, UNESCO, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators, in order to conserve and protect its rights and protection to the underwater ecosystem of the Atlantic coast. OSI SUB’ECOSYSTEMS Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Atlantic coast - Dynamic monitoring of large marine fauna populations; Monitoring and inventory of marine mammal and seal populations in the Bay of Biscay, the Natural Marine Park of Iroise, UNESCO, and the Breton and Norman seas, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators, in order to conserve and protect the rights and protection of the marine ecosystem of the Atlantic coast. OSI CETIS Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Haute Alpes - Monitoring of the wolf population in the Alps; Monitoring the presence of the wolf, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18, and adults, and their scientific educators, to guarantee its rights. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Pyrenees - Monitoring the habitat of the bear: Monitoring of the evolution and conservation of the habitat of the Pyrenean bear, in order to ensure its right to subsistence, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years, and adults, and their scientific educators. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Pyrenees - Monitoring the health of mountain peatlands; Monitoring of carnivorous plants and wetland ecosystems in the mountains for their protection by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years and adults and their scientific educators. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Vercors - Monitoring of the water quality of the rivers of the Vercors massif; The aim of this project is to develop a model for participatory monitoring of karstic mountains by young people aged 10 to 18 years and their scientific educators, in order to disseminate it worldwide. OSI WATER WATCH Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Monte Negro
Prokletije National Park - Monitoring of the Balkan Lynx ; Monitoring of the Balkan Lynx for its conservation and to ensure its rights to subsistence, by young girls and boys aged 16-18 years, and adults, and their scientific educators. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
North America
Canada
Vancouver - Monitoring Water Quality in Rivers of the Vancouvers Ecosystem; OSI WATER WATCH Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Quebec - Eastern Wolf Population Monitoring; Monitoring the presence of the wolf, by young girls and boys aged 7 to 18 years, and adults, and their scientific educators, to guarantee its rights. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
USA
Great Lakes - Monitoring the Water Quality of Chicago’s Great Lakes Ecosystem; The project will be carried out by boys and girls, ages 13-18, and their science educators, in order to disseminate globally a model of participatory, citizen-based monitoring of water rights at the subcontinental level. OSI WATER WATCH Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Yellowstone National Park - Yellowstone Wolf Monitoring; Monitoring the reintroduction of the wolf, its biology, behavior, and its direct and indirect effect on the park’s large wildlife and vegetation, insects, birds, and rivers, by 16-18 year old girls and boys, and adults, and their science educators, to help ensure its rights. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Central and South America
French Guyana
Amazonia - Monitoring and fine understanding of the Amazon ecosystem; Scientific monitoring of bat populations and their hosts, by young girls and boys aged 16 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators, in order to give its rights and protection to the Amazon forest ecosystem. OSI PERCEPTION Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Africa
Togo
Sub-tropical forest - Monitoring and understanding the western Togolese forest ecosystem; Scientific monitoring of butterfly populations, by young girls and boys aged 16 to 18 years and adults, and their scientific educators, in order to give rights and protection to the African sub-tropical forest ecosystem. OSI PERCEPTION Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Democratic Republic of Congo
Bolobo Forests - Monitoring Bonobos in Western Congo; Monitoring of bonobos and their interactions with their ecosystem for conservation and to ensure their livelihood rights, by young girls and boys aged 16-18, and adults, and their science educators. OSI PRIMATO-LOGIC Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Humanities
Asia
Kyrgyzstan
7 Protected Areas and State Reserves in Kyrgyzstan - Snow Leopard Monitoring; Monitoring of the Snow Leopard and its prey, for its conservation and to ensure its rights, by young girls and boys aged 16-18 years, and adults, and their scientific educators. OSI PANTHERA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Central Asian Steppes - Bird Inventories and Monitoring; Monitoring and identification of birds by girls and boys aged 16-18 and adults and their science educators to ensure the rights of the bird populations concerned. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Nepal
2 Protected Areas and State Reserves in Nepal - Snow Leopard Monitoring; Monitoring of the Snow Leopard and its prey for conservation and to ensure its rights, by girls and boys aged 16-18 years, and adults, and their science educators. OSI PANTHERA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Tropical mountain forests - Biodiversity inventories and cross-sectional monitoring; Monitoring and identification of fauna, flora and other kingdoms of life by 16-18 year old girls and boys and their science educators to ensure the rights of Nepal’s mountain rainforest ecosystem in the face of advancing man-made urbanization. OSI BIODIVERSITA Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Oceania
Tahiti and French Polynesia
Tuamutu Archipelago - Study of the interaction between humans and dolphins of Rangiroa ; Understanding and monitoring of behavioral changes in dolphins due to tourism and leisure activities by adults and their scientific educators, in order to protect the rights and welfare of marine mammals - Global modeling of respectful approach practices for marine mammals OSI CETIS Programme of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine
Geneva Forum at the UN
The Geneva Forum, held at the UN, organizes Annual International Conferences on the themes of key factors such as "Rights of Nature", "Sustainable Tourism and Responsible Travel", "Inclusive Education through Project Pedagogy", "Responsible Finance" or "Citizen Science and Participatory Research", in order to allow all the actors and operators of these fields to exchange, meet and share live at the widest international level. These meetings, held every year, allow actors and decision-makers to accelerate the realization of their proposals and ideas for a better future.
Following an important step initiated by Thomas EGLI during the Geneva Forum 2013, the Forum now puts a special emphasis on the issue of the Rights of Nature, in close partnership with the Harmony with Nature Programme of the UN, on a permanent basis.
The presentations and actions that are carried out are in one or more of the following 7 axes, from the 8 axes defined by the Harmony with Nature Programme:
- Earth-centered Law,
- Ecological Economics,
- Education,
- Holistic Science (includes Biology, Chemistry, Cosmovisions, Geology, Physics, Holistic Food Systems including Fisheries and Water) and Holistic Medicine,
- Humanities (includes Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology and Sociology),
- Philosophy and Ethics,
- The Arts, Media, Design and Architecture.
Switzerland
Geneva - the walk #EarthToo ; Organized by the Geneva Forum in partnership with Doris RAGETLI of the Global Petition for the Rights of Mother Earth, this annual walk keeps the attention on the respect of the Rights of the Earth.
Education | Holistic Science and Holistic Medicine | Philosophy and Ethics,
Geneva - Annual Conference on the Rights of Nature for Peace and Development; Organized by the Geneva Forum in partnership with all the communities of practice related to the Rights of Nature in the world, this annual conference is organized in two parts, one to highlight the projects and actions carried out during the year around the world, the other to cross-reference good practices at the legal and juridical level.
Education | Earth-centered Law | Ecological Economics | Philosophy and Ethics,