Bolivia calls for earth rights

President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia is calling for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. A draft declaration will be discussed at the Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights, taking place April 20th-22nd, which President Morales is convening in Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city. Other objectives for the event include: working towards a people's referendum on climate change; looking at strategies for action in defence of Earth's rights; planning the establishment of a Climate Justice Tribunal and agreeing proposals for new targets and commitments in the United Nations negotiating process with regards to climate change. Following the inadequate outcome of the UN conference in Copenhagen last December, the Peoples' World Conference will aim to reach a consensus for a new approach, ahead of the next UN climate summit in Mexico at the end of the year.