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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights

Natalie Bennett speaking in the Lords
Natalie Bennett’s initiative is supported by Chris Packham and other prominent environmentalists. Photograph: House of Lords

A radical proposal to change the legal status of nature will be launched today in the House of Lords, with the unveiling of the UK nature’s rights bill initiative.

The private member’s bill aims to legally enshrine the idea that there can be no lasting economic progress or social justice without respect for the natural world, and to change the legal status of nature from objects, property and resources to a legal subject with inherent rights.

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