What if Mother Earth could sue for mistreatment?

ScienceDaily
Apr 21, 2025, 4:32 pm125 pts
The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries. The Llurimagua case -- a dispute over a mining concession in Ecuador's cloud forest -- illustrates this approach,…

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