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Eagle and Condor: How Ecuador Translated Indigenous Cosmology Into Constitutional Law

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Ecuador became the first country in the world to grant constitutional rights to nature in 2008, recognizing rivers, forests, and ecosystems as living entities with legal personhood; this interview with environmental attorney Julio Prieto explores how Indigenous, environmentalist, and Western worldviews converged to create this landmark legal framework.

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