Legislation that provides nature the same rights as humans gains traction in some countries
Panama recently approved a nationwide law giving nature rights, allowing people to defend ecosystems in a court of law.
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Panama recently approved a nationwide law giving nature rights, allowing people to defend ecosystems in a court of law.
Also: Leaders from low-carbon industries are gathering to form a united front on Parliament Hill this week, at a precarious point in Canada’s efforts to keep pace with the United States.
A new Panama law, part of a growing Rights of Nature movement, grants legal protections to nature and is now being used to protect sea turtles.
The Leatherback Project lobbied hard in Panama to have the legal rights of sea turtles written into the law.
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