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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?

The Atlantic forest in Brazil.
The Atlantic forest in Brazil. Some groups want to focus on the rights of animals, while others want to cover river basins, mountains or nature as a whole. Photograph: FG Trade/Getty Images

Two new coalitions of scientists, lawyers, philosophers and artists have joined the burgeoning global campaign for ecosystems and other species to have legal rights and even political representation.

The More Than Human Rights (Moth) project and Animals in the Room (Air) are exploring bold tactics to further their cause, including authorship claims for forests, policy advocacy on behalf of bears and whales, and fungal strategies to spread ecological thinking.

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