Proposal to grant the ocean rights calls for a sea change in legal framework

Mongabay
Oct 14, 2022, 3:19 pm151 pts
The idea is simple but ambitious: protect the ocean by giving it the same kind of rights a person might have. No such legal mechanism is currently in place, but support for this concept is growing as experts increasingly recognize that the ocean is in dire need of defense. Existing laws already provide some…

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