The concept of recognizing legal rights for nature is growing worldwide. Here are some recent resources:
My January 2022 TV interview makes a solid case that is easy to understand. You may watch the TV interview video and/or read the thorough summary I typed up with links to additional information. Here is the link: https://parallaxperspectives.org/lets-recognize-legal-rights-for-nature
The progressive populist Jim Hightower wrote this article recently: https://hightowerlowdown.org/article/give-nature-a-seat-at-the-governing-table-rights-of-nature/
Panama made good progress on this recently: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25022022/panama-rights-of-nature/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=e4567a0b00-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e4567a0b00-329402989
A brief introduction to this video says this: “Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature.” Watch this 53-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuFNmH7lVTA
Watch Patricia Siemen’s TED Talk about the rights of nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EPnSw0j5Go
Mumta Ito’s central theme in this TED Talk is that by enshrining Rights of Nature in law, we protect the environment that we all need for our very existence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZ9u2ZoIJo
