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The rights of nature, legal personhood & other new ways laws can protect the planet
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“Legal personhood” and laws regarding the “rights of nature” are being trialed in nations worldwide, but whether they lead to measurable conservation outcomes is yet to be seen, says environmental economist Viktoria Kahui. Still, she says on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast that she’s very hopeful about them.
There’s a global debate surrounding these laws’ efficacy as a tool for conservation, and growing uneasiness about how they may impose a Western viewpoint upon something as inherently complex and extralegal as nature. Some critics argue that such a concept not only transcends the legal system but also cannot be subjected to it without harming the people and places these laws are intended to empower.
Yet Kahui argues that there’s potential for rights-of-nature laws to develop in context-dependent scenarios, where humans can advocate on behalf of nature in places like Ecuador, which she says is a particularly powerful example.
Read more about legal personhood and the rights of nature here:
Is ‘legal personhood’ a tool or a distraction for Māori relationships with nature?
New guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws
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Image Credit: Blue water of the Quinault river, Olympic Rainforest. Image by Rhett Butler.
Time Codes
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:58) The global debate on rights of nature
(03:52) Can these laws protect biodiversity?
(07:58) Challenges for legal personhood
(14:10) The advantage of using rights of nature
(24:21) Philosophical qualms with anthropocentric laws
(28:55) How laws can shape our relationships with nature
(33:00) The 'big possibility'
(40:56) There's no silver bullet
(44:01) Credits
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Manage episode 437980814 series 1264845
“Legal personhood” and laws regarding the “rights of nature” are being trialed in nations worldwide, but whether they lead to measurable conservation outcomes is yet to be seen, says environmental economist Viktoria Kahui. Still, she says on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast that she’s very hopeful about them.
There’s a global debate surrounding these laws’ efficacy as a tool for conservation, and growing uneasiness about how they may impose a Western viewpoint upon something as inherently complex and extralegal as nature. Some critics argue that such a concept not only transcends the legal system but also cannot be subjected to it without harming the people and places these laws are intended to empower.
Yet Kahui argues that there’s potential for rights-of-nature laws to develop in context-dependent scenarios, where humans can advocate on behalf of nature in places like Ecuador, which she says is a particularly powerful example.
Read more about legal personhood and the rights of nature here:
Is ‘legal personhood’ a tool or a distraction for Māori relationships with nature?
New guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws
Like this podcast? Please share it with a friend and help spread the word about the Mongabay Newscast.
Subscribe to or follow the Mongabay Newscast wherever you listen to podcasts, from Apple to Spotify, and you can also listen to all episodes here on the Mongabay website, or download our free app for Apple and Android devices to gain instant access to our latest episodes and all of our previous ones.
Image Credit: Blue water of the Quinault river, Olympic Rainforest. Image by Rhett Butler.
Time Codes
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:58) The global debate on rights of nature
(03:52) Can these laws protect biodiversity?
(07:58) Challenges for legal personhood
(14:10) The advantage of using rights of nature
(24:21) Philosophical qualms with anthropocentric laws
(28:55) How laws can shape our relationships with nature
(33:00) The 'big possibility'
(40:56) There's no silver bullet
(44:01) Credits
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