Nature as an Ancestor: Two Examples of Legal Personality for Nature in New Zealand
New Zealand has upheld the Maori cosmological view of nature as an ancestor and devised a legal framework for better protecting its interests. A river and what was a National Park have been accorded legal personality, with human guardians appointed to protect their interests. This chapter briefly ou...
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Éditions en environnement VertigO
2015-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/16199 |