Nature Gets Legal Rights; The Supreme Court Isn't So Supreme

Nature Gets Legal Rights; The Supreme Court Isn't So Supreme

Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.

Courts are granting Eco-systems Legal Standing

EDITOR: While we sit here in St.Vincent wondering if the destroyed mangrove can be replanted and restored as a functioning mangrove habitat, consider this. Courts around the world have already recognized “rights of nature,” granting ecosystems legal standing similar to persons. Landmark cases include rulings in Ecuador, Colombia, India, and New Zealand, where rivers, forests, and entire ecosystems were recognized as rights-bearing entities. Cour…