Archive for the ‘rights+of+nature’ Category

Ideas and Trends - When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Spanish attempts to grant rights to apes parallels our coverage of Ecuador's constitutional attempts to grant rights to nature. Read the full story

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Ecuador Constitutional Assembly Votes to Approve Rights of Nature In New Constitution

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

On July 7, 2008, the Ecuador Constitutional Assembly - composed of one hundred and thirty (130) delegates elected countrywide to rewrite the country's Constitution - voted to approve articles for the new constitution recognizing rights for nature and ecosystems. "If adopted in the final constitution by the people, Ecuador would ...

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