Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?
Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places
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Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places
While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers
A growing number of countries and courts say the environment should be endowed with legal rights.
This river in Canada is now a ‘legal person’ Jillian Kestler-D'Amours © The Magpie River, a 300km waterway in the Cote Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec, was r... The Magpie River, a 300km waterway in the Cote Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec, was recognised as a 'legal person' in February [Courtesy Uapukun Metokosho/International Observatory on the Rights of Nature] Montreal, Canada – Jean-Charles Pietacho says the belief that nature is a living thing that must be respected, has been at the heart of the Innu people’s way of life for gener...