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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

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In 2011, the first lawsuit using the Rights of Nature provision was filed by the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature (GARN) and others against a construction company for building a road across Ecuador’s Vilcabamba River and dumping rubble into the river. Argentina : Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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FWS developed the interpretation in a 2011 “Polar Bear Memo” that addressed the determination of threatened status for polar bears.) Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. The plaintiffs’ claims arise under article 2.22

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