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Lakes, swamps<\/a>, and rivers<\/a> have all been declared to have personhood and rights enforced by real persons to hinder any and all activities by other real persons no matter how benign or beneficial to real humans. Now a Spanish lagoon<\/a> has joined the crowd of geographical features gaining legal rights.<\/p>\n \u201cLed by a philosophy professor, activists launched a petition to adopt a new and radical legal strategy: granting the 135-square-kilometer lagoon the rights of personhood. Nearly 640,000 Spanish citizens signed it, and on 21 September, Spain\u2019s Senate approved a bill enshrining the lagoon\u2019s new rights.<\/p>\n \u201cThe new law doesn\u2019t regard the lagoon and its watershed as fully human. But the ecosystem now has a legal right to exist, evolve naturally, and be restored. And like a person, it has legal guardians, including a scientific committee, which will give its defenders a new voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Notice how humans are not considered part of nature. Telling how they view humans as an outsider, an eco-rapist, or a virus. Could humans sue the lagoon?<\/p>\n And why<\/a> was personhood granted?<\/p>\n “The environmental problem in the area that brought this about involves the flow of fertilizers into the water, which has a deleterious impact on mussels and other sea life. That is a problem, to be sure, but it could be addressed with proper regulations \u2014 which exist but are apparently not properly enforced.<\/p>\n “So, fix that! Moreover, the lagoon didn\u2019t have to be granted rights for a scientific committee to be appointed to recommend proper environmental practices. Indeed, that very approach could have been done with a proper understanding that granting personhood to a geological feature<\/em> is both misanthropic and could prevent a properly nuanced approach to environmental regulations that also takes into account human needs<\/em>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Is this really about being good stewards of nature\u2026 or a form of animism?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lakes, swamps, and rivers have all been declared to have personhood and rights enforced by real persons to hinder any and all activities by other real persons no matter how benign or beneficial to real humans. Now a Spanish lagoon … Continue reading \n
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