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In order to protect the environment from destruction, legislators and courts in more and more countries are giving it its own legal status. The Klamath River in California was declared a legal entity, the Indian rivers Ganges and Yamuna were recognized as “living human entities”, Ecuador has incorporated the rights of nature into its constitution.
In Bavaria, a referendum is fighting for citizens to be able to file a lawsuit “in the name of nature” to protect it from exploitation and destruction. What speaks for and against this idea?
SWR 2022
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#Rights #Nature #rivers #plants #animals #sue
