Neat News 2459 (added 2022-09-24)

Personhood for Spanish lagoon

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Spanish parliament made a law that grants the Mar Menor in Murcia, Spain, the legal status of a person. As a consequence the lagoon has rights like a person and can be easier protected as a vulnerable ecosystem. It is the first ecosystem in Europe with such a status.

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News seen at: Deutsche Welle