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?

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Main Author:	Sangeetha Yogendran
Other Authors:	S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format:	Commentary
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Country and Region Studies East Asia and Asia Pacific
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83098 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42408
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-830982020-11-01T07:26:54Z Natural Entities Now Legally People: Enough to Save Them? Sangeetha Yogendran S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Country and Region Studies East Asia and Asia Pacific 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? 2017-05-15T04:16:17Z 2019-12-06T15:11:49Z 2017-05-15T04:16:17Z 2019-12-06T15:11:49Z 2017 Commentary Sangeetha Yogendran. (2017). Natural Entities Now Legally People: Enough to Save Them? (RSIS Commentaries, No. 087). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83098 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42408 en RSIS-Commentaries, 087-17 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf
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Natural Entities Now Legally People: Enough to Save Them?

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