An evening with Jessica den Outer: The Forest Fights Back

Please join us in Amsterdam for the book presentation of by environmental activist Jessica den Outer. Jessica will be interviewed by advocate Roberta Bosu, and will sign books after the talk.

About the book:
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planet's future hangs in the balance. For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited, but a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm.
In The Forest Fights Back, Jessica den Outer explores a groundbreaking global movement — Rights of Nature — taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers, forests, and mountains to exist, flourish, and sustain their ecological balance. From the fight for the Whanganui River in New Zealand to the battle for Spain's Mar Menor lagoon, den Outer highlights the campaigns led by grassroots communities, telling stories of determination and legal ingenuity.
This movement goes beyond law – it represents a cultural shift that could reshape how we live, think, co-exist and advocate for nature.
About the speakers:
Jessica den Outer (1996) has a background in environmental law and has been active in the global Rights of Nature movement since 2017. She has spoken internationally, including at the United Nations and Harvard University. Her book The Forest Fights Back (2026) shares inspiring citizen-led stories from all over the world. In 2024, she founded the NGO Stichting Rechten van de Natuur in the Netherlands, promoting a broad bottom-up movement, and won the Sustainable Top 100 Trouw. Her expertise has been consulted worldwide, including in the Netherlands, Aruba, and Ireland.
Roberta Bosu is a Sardinian innovator, strategist, and advocate whose work centres on the power of words and narratives to inspire change. Growing up in Barbagia, nature was not something she observed from a distance, but an integral part of her daily life, shaping her identity and traditions. With over 14 years of experience and a background in diplomacy, Roberta develops nature-centric and regenerative narratives that connect people to pressing global challenges, from food systems to the regenerative economy. She currently serves as Global Campaign Lead for Antarctic Rights, where she brings her expertise in communication and strategy to advance the recognition and protection of one of the world's most fragile ecosystems.

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