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

Law Columbia

Most recently, in February 2021, the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality recognized the Canadian Magpie River’s legal rights of personhood through the adoption of twin resolutions — one resolution by the Innu and another resolution by the municipality. The case is pending a decision. Pakistan : G.