The Rights of Nature

Should trees have legal standing? Should it be crime to damage nature? These are important issues that the project addresses.

Here are links and resources that help inform on this important issue:

Articles

• Trees have rights too – The Guardian
• Can Spain fix its worst ecological crisis by making a lagoon a legal person?
• Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
• Could the Ohio River have rights? A movement emerges, testing the power of local control