Natural Entities Now Legally People: Enough to Save Them?

In recent weeks, courts in New Zealand and India have granted legal personhood status to three rivers and glaciers. While this is a significant legal development, will this strategy to protect these entities from environmental damage and climate change be enough without proper enforcement?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sangeetha Yogendran
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83098
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42408