Climate Home: Indian court awards legal rights of a person to entire ecosystem

April 3, 2017 By Omair Ahmad

Expanding on a previous judgment in which it recognised the Ganga and Yamuna rivers as legal entities, the High Court of the Indian state of Uttarakhand now grants legal rights to the ecosystem.

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Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, & Mexico by Prakash Kashwan (Oxford University Press, 2017)

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