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Snow-capped Himalaya mountains in Nepal

Our laws make slaves of nature. It’s not just humans who need rights

Source: The Guardian

Read this article to learn about efforts to grant legal rights to the natural world, such as the work some in Nepal are doing to recognize the rights of the Himalaya mountains to freedom from the threat of climate change.

This entry was posted in The Natural World and tagged Science & Nature on April 1, 2019 by Chandler Gifford.

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