New Zealand Grants Human Rights to a Former National Park

‘The conflict between man and nature can easily be seen in how we treat the natural world, and the norm for centuries has been to exact total dominion over the plant and animal kingdoms. The world’s legal systems have long since backed this presumption by granting rights to persons and corporations while asserting that nature has no voice in courtrooms.
This global attitude is ever so slowly beginning to crack, and in recent years India has set an example by granting legal status and full rights to dolphins, signaling an unprecedented sea change in our relationship to the creatures which have inhabited our home since long before civilization.
In another notable act of equality, the small island country of New Zealand has enacted similar legislation, this time granting full rights and powers to a former national park.’
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