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About the Atlas
Perils is an interactive atlas for exploring ecological jurisprudence initiatives across the world. It brings together geocoded records on court cases, legislation, constitutions, declarations, indigenous law, policy instruments, and related governance efforts that reshape how nature, ecosystems, and non-human beings are represented in law and public decision-making.
What the atlas currently does
The site combines a global map, filterable analytics, and a searchable record table so users can move between broad patterns and individual initiatives.
It is designed to help users answer questions such as:
- Where ecological jurisprudence initiatives are emerging
- Which legal provision types are most common
- How rights of nature, personhood, indigenous models, animal rights, and eco-governance appear across the dataset
- Which actor types are initiating these efforts
- How the initiative landscape changes over time
Main dimensions in the dataset
The current atlas highlights several high-value dimensions in the research dataset:
- Geography: region, country, and location
- Time: year initiated and status history
- Legal form: court case, legislation, constitution, declaration, policy, and related forms
- Jurisprudence framing: rights of nature, personhood, indigenous models, local eco knowledge, animal rights, and eco-governance
- Actor information: initiating actor names and actor types
- Ecological focus: ecological actors, ecosystems, and representation-related fields
Why this matters
Ecological jurisprudence is not only a legal taxonomy. It is also a way to examine how environmental governance, indigenous knowledge systems, ecological representation, and rights-based claims interact across jurisdictions. A global atlas makes it easier to compare these initiatives, identify patterns, and surface outliers worth deeper research.
Current scope
This version of the atlas uses a curated research dataset prepared for interactive analysis, mapping, and comparative exploration.
Team
Shruti Kashyap
Project lead responsible for the research direction, dataset stewardship, and overall scope of the atlas.
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Collaboration
Useful next contributions include:
- Improving source data validation and documentation
- Decoding and documenting currently numeric coded fields
- Adding richer detail views for individual records
- Expanding methodology notes and citation guidance
- Tightening accessibility and mobile polish across the atlas
Last updated: March 2026