The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) assists communities across the United States and around the world to build sustainable communities as they assert their right to local self-government and the Rights of Nature. More than 200 of our partner communities have adopted local laws asserting Community Rights, including rights to clean air, water, and soil. More than three dozen communities have adopted laws recognizing the Rights of Nature, including the rights of ecosystems to exist, flourish, and evolve.