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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Shauna Corr

World's first Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss recommends constitutional change to protect rights of nature

Ireland returned to its Brehon roots today as the world’s first Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss recommended constitutional change to protect the rights of nature as well as people.

It comes after 83% of 99 citizens voted for the move after six months learning about the issue.

The representative section of Irish society was whittled down from 2,400 responses to 20,000 invitations and 4% were farmers.

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