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Ecuador's historic ruling, coastal ecosystems gain legal rights to protection

A first-of-its-kind ruling for nature! 🦎🐟🐢 Ecuador’s Constitutional Court, its highest court, has affirmed that coastal marine ecosystems possess intrinsic value and legal rights.
The court’s decision mandates that the government set stricter limits on human activities such as industrial fishing to preserve marine ecosystems' natural cycles, structures, and evolutionary processes. This ruling expands upon Ecuador’s 2008 constitutional recognition of nature's rights, ensuring that oceanic environments receive the same legal protections previously extended to terrestrial ecosystems. With this ruling, Ecuador prioritises biodiversity and ecological well-being and it aims to set a global precedent recognising the deep links between humans and marine life. This sounds especially important in a country that has such diverse marine ecosystems, including the unically biodiverse Galápagos Islands.

The ruling emphasises that any damage to one element of nature disrupts the entire ecosystem, compelling stricter governmental oversight on destructive activities such as oil extraction, aquaculture, and large-scale fishing. Could Ecuador's innovative legal framework serve as a model for how nations can recognize and protect nature’s rights? Let's hope so!


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https://www.ecowatch.com/ecuador-marine-ecosystems-rights.html



https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17012025/ecuador-constitutional-court-marine-ecosystem-rights/



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  • Peter Karanga

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    .Let’s watch closely to see how this ruling unfolds and its influence on global environmental policy! 🌊🌍

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      • Annett Michuki..

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        This is a great win for the marine

        • Patrick Kiash

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          A great model that should be replicated by other countries.

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          • Elizabeth Gathigia

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            A very good decision

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              • Boniface Kuria

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                This is a great milestone for the coastal ecosystem to gain legal protection.

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                • dickson mutai

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                  Theres hope for a future where ecosystems have legal protections

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                • walter lungayi

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                  Great news! This legal acknowledgment will inspire similar movements globally to safeguard nature's rights.

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                  • Millicent Olale

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                    This is amazing one

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                    • Sally Wangari

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                      This a great step, empowering and enforce the laws to protect the marine life, balance the ecosystem, they are beautiful species.

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                      • Grace Njeri

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                        Hopefully, more nations follow suit

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                        • Rashid Kamau

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                          This is a monumental step forward for environmental protection

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                          • Sally Wangari

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                            @rashid_kamau true hope others countries can follow suit.

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                          • Marine Stephan

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                            Great news! It is definitely a law (and ruling) that other countries should get inspiration from.

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                            • Grace Njeri

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                              @marine_stephan Setting strong legal precedents like this can encourage other nations to follow suit and implement similar policies for a more sustainable and just future.

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