The “Women Environmental and Human Rights Defenders” series is a Magazine Libera segment where women defending nature and the environment discuss their work, vision, and provide economic, social, political, and cultural analysis to the current environmental issues affecting their countries. Topics covered include ecofeminism, land defenders, indigenous rights, biodiversity conservation, destructive environmental policies, and resistance to extractive economies.
GUEST SPEAKER – Patricia Madrigal Cordero is an environmental lawyer, the former Vice-Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica (2014-2018), and is also a negotiator of the Escazú Agreement, where Costa Rica served as Co-Presidency of the Board of Directors along with Chile.
In this interview, Patricia analyzes the ratification and implementation process of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the Escazú Agreement.
