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A landmark case was won in 2021 ruling against the rights of a mining company to mine los cedros' cloud forest, a high altitude rainforest, because it would harm the biodiversity of the area.

All of the permits issued were canceled upon the ruling.

It's awesome.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/02/plan-to-mine-in-ecuador-forest-violate-rights-of-nature-court-rules-aoe

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please dont post amp links

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Its harmful to privacy. Many link aggregation sites strip them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I haven't heard of that yet. How are they harmful to privacy?

Are amp links new?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Because google can stay tf out of my business

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Its a nice idea, but it doesn't stop them from drilling and mining in the Amazon Jungle.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's a nice legal framework that has continually resulted in the vast and comprehensive preservation of natural resources.

And yes, legal victories based on nature rights literally stops drilling in the Amazon:

https://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2023/08/vote-oil-drilling-ecuador-amazon/amp/

The point is that it can be an example for other areas and countries to follow. Lake Erie towns, Grant Township PA and other American towns are also pushing for nature rights.

So is new Zealand and other countries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nature has had constitutional rights for many years, yet new mining and drilling projects have been approved since then.

Its great to have, but weather or not a project gets stopped just depends how much money is to be made and who ia paid off, unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The protections are not meant to prevent all human activity. It's meant to provide an unchanging legal base upon which to legislate and regulate human activity.