Ishrat Jahan

PhD candidate, River Rights, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Environment

Ten things you should know about legally recognising the rights of Nature

As Nature around the world gains increasing rights as a ‘person’ or ‘living entity’, we need to understand what this means on the ground (or in the water)

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