By Luana Elena Miu What if a polluted river could take its polluter to court? What if a forest had a legal right to exist, not just because it’s nice for us to look at, but because it has a right to thrive? This is the radical idea at the heart of the Nature’s Rights Bill...
By Grace Law Woodhouse In a historic and highly controversial administrative action, the Trump administration summoned the Endangered Species Committee, colloquially known as the āGod Squadā, to grant a blanket exemption for all federal oil and has operations in the Gulf of Mexico from the...
By Jenny Bennett In a speech broadcast on Iranian public television (IRIB) on the 29th of March 2026, Iranian forces Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari warned, “ā¦ (enemy) commanders and soldiers will be food for the sharks of the Persian Gulfā1. I fear for the future of those sharks there;...
by Niamh McConnell Bees play a vital role in pollination, sustaining the worldās food supply. It has been said that if bees were to disappear off the surface of the globe, humanity would only have four years of life left.1 They are particularly crucial in the ecosystem of the vast...
By Marianthi Baklava Following HeāÆWhakaputangaāÆMoana (the landmark Declaration for the Ocean signed by Polynesian Indigenous leaders in MarchāÆ2024), momentum continues to build for recognising whales as legal persons. The initiative forms part of wider conservation efforts in the South Pacific led...
By David Lewis-Hall, Barrister The New Zealand Parliament has recently granted (1) legal personhood to a third natural entity, following Te Urewera (a forest) in 2014 (2) and Te Awa Tupua (the Whanganui River) in 2017. (3) Whilst this, along with other recent developments, may be good evidence of...
By Lawrence Topley In July 2024, the UK became the first European country to approve lab grown meat. Now, on 7 February 2025, the cell cultivated product has hit the shelves at Pets At Home in the form of dog treats called āChick Bitesā (BBC News, 2024). This news comes after London-based startup...
By: Erin Poppenga As recognised by many countries worldwide, ecosystems are deteriorating because of invasive and destructive human behaviour. Ecological conditions can decline when certain species have been extinct from an area for a long time. [1] The ecosystem is out of balance, and...
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