Posted on 12/09/2023 12:48:52 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
We've all heard of human rights and civil rights, but what about the rights of nature? A growing global movement is working to give plants, animals and ecosystems some of the same legal protections as humans, and in some countries, it's leading to new legislation.
Panama is one of the only nations in the world with a country-wide rights of nature law. The legislation was just used to help shut down one of the largest copper mines in the world.
Callie Veelenturf was the driving force behind the law. The 31-year-old Massachusetts native is a marine biologist who has been studying sea turtles for almost a decade.
The concept isn't about protecting an individual tree or sea turtle, but about defending an entire ecosystem, like the Amazon rainforest or blocking development that would decimate wildlife populations.
It's a bolder approach than environmental protections, which limit how much humans can exploit nature, instead of granting that nature has a right not to be exploited.
Panama now joins Ecuador and Bolivia as the only countries in the world that recognize the rights of nature on a national level.
Just last week, Panama's Supreme Court used the new law to effectively shut down a $10 billion coller mine that opponents said threatened tropical jungles and water supplies.
In Ecuador, another copper mine was blocked because it violated the rights of a nearby forest. While India does not have a nationwide law, a court in the country has recognized the rights of the Ganges River, ruling that polluting it is like harming a person.
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Beware of those who say animals are equal to humans because they will treat humans like animals.
Just another part of the Georgia Guidestones being fulfilled.
It was in the early 1960s, the exact date eludes me, the Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas opined (approvingly) that the day would come when trees would have standing to sue. We all laughed and went back to watching football.
Will unborn babies have similar rights?
Now that's funny.
Gaianism is an earth-centered philosophical, holistic,
and spiritual belief that shares expressions with earth religions
and paganism while not identifying exclusively with any specific one.
The term describes a philosophy and ethical worldview which,
though
not necessarily religious, implies a transpersonal devotion to earth
as a super-organism.
Practitioners of Gaianism are called Gaians or Gaianists.
WHAT THE HELL???!!!! THESE PEOPLE ARE NUT BALLS!!!
Send ALL the illegal alien’s to what ever border they crossed and we’d have 30 million less using vital resources in our country!! Give the WEFer’s coupons for flying and boating, etc. to curb their richness...and bingo, we’re back to living in the good life!!
“Panama now joins Ecuador and Bolivia as the only countries in the world that recognize the rights of nature on a national level.”
They cut off the development of their natural resources, as with mining, which minimizes new capital investment i the country, which trickles through the whole economy minimizing GDP growth, minizing many economic opportunities. So their folks looking for opportunity just head to Biden’s open border.
So I’ll can sue the deer that eat my bushes?
-PJ
Eat them.
Our dog has a strong case against our neighbors.
Nope it’s about government control of the masses, plain and simple.
“Legislation that diminishes human rights gains traction in some countries.”
Adjusted for accuracy.
“Eat them.”
Lol...one of these days, maybe.
DIDN’T ATLAS SHRUGGED start to topple everything with the shutting down of copper mines in S America???
NO—YOU MUST PLANT WHAT THEY PREFER-——
Rights are the payoff for bearing responsibilities. Bunny rabbits and elm trees have NO responsibilities.
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