A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights - Inside Climate News
- The Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that coastal marine ecosystems have legal rights that must be protected, potentially requiring stricter limits on human activities like industrial fishing.
- The ruling affirms that marine ecosystems have intrinsic value and must maintain their natural life cycles, structure, functions, and evolutionary processes, as stated in Ecuador's Constitution.
- The decision establishes a precedent for legal actions to protect marine environments from exploitation and sets stricter obligations for the government to safeguard these ecosystems.
- This ruling is the first application of Ecuador's rights of nature to marine environments, expanding protections for fragile and threatened ecosystems, according to the court.
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