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Novel Research in Sciences

Claudia Alcântara de Torre

  • Open or CloseDorine Van Norren*

    Department of Harmony with Nature expert, Associated researcher Van Vollenhoven Institute for law, Netherland

    *Corresponding author: Dorine van Norren, UN Harmony with Nature expert. Associated researcher Van Vollenhoven Institute for law, Leiden, Netherland

Submission: August 22, 2022;Published: August 29, 2022

Abstract

Rights of Nature are receiving increasing attention around the world, but Europe is still lagging behind. The pollution disaster in the river Oder in Poland (and Germany) is reminiscent of the massive starvation of fish in Mar Menor in Spain. This led to the first recognition of rights of Nature in Europe for the Mar Menor basin area, a salt water lake threatened by severe pollution. Rights of Nature have both an indigenous and a Western origin and appear in diverse forms: From constitutional recognition in Ecuador (and most likely Chile in 2022) to legal recognition in Bolivia and Uganda, to government recognition for specific areas in New Zealand, court jurisprudence on rivers in Colombia, Bangladesh and (temporarily) India as well as indirect recognition in the InterAmerican Court of Justice through cultural and collective rights of indigenous peoples which includes rights of Nature. Europe can benefit from the experiences in other countries, in combatting both climate change and biodiversity loss as well as with regards to environmental pollution and degradation.

Keywords: Pollution Disaster; Salt Water; Agricultural

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