Nature has rights — it is time the world recognized them
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Panama, Tonga, and Vanuatu launched the For Nature Coalition of States on September 24 to build support for a UN Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature, with Palau and Dominica as founding members. The initiative seeks to recognize nature as a direct 'subject of rights' with intrinsic value.
This is a proposal, not yet law. The coalition is an informal platform to support ongoing diplomatic engagement toward a declaration; it does not commit member states to a specific legal framework.
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