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

Law Columbia

The Supreme Court declared that the Colombia Amazon accordingly was entitled to protection, conservation, maintenance and restoration. The complaint references nature rights laws passed in other countries, including Bolivia, New Zealand, Colombia, Ecuador and India. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash.