Post by Elijah on Apr 11, 2024 19:08:13 GMT -5
www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/22/2230950/-What-Are-The-Rights-of-Nature
An excerpt of a long read
An excerpt of a long read
Sea turtles in Panama now have the legal right to live and have free passage in a healthy environment, a change that represents a different way of thinking about how to protect wildlife. Panama’s President signed a law in March recognizing the rights of sea turtles. It was a victory for people who have long argued that wild animals should have the same “rights of nature” that courts have granted to forests, mountains, rivers and other physical spaces. The concept amounts to recognizing an animal’s right to exist and flourish and allowing for lawsuits when those rights are violated.
Lawmakers have taken the first steps toward amending the constitution of the Caribbean island Aruba to include a recognition that nature possesses inherent legal rights like the right to exist and regenerate. If the process is successful, Aruba would become the world’s second country to constitutionally recognize the rights of nature. Ecuador enshrined the rights of Mother Earth, known there as Pachamama for the Andean goddess, in its 2008 constitution.
Lawmakers have taken the first steps toward amending the constitution of the Caribbean island Aruba to include a recognition that nature possesses inherent legal rights like the right to exist and regenerate. If the process is successful, Aruba would become the world’s second country to constitutionally recognize the rights of nature. Ecuador enshrined the rights of Mother Earth, known there as Pachamama for the Andean goddess, in its 2008 constitution.
