Ecuador constitution would grant inalienable rights to nature
(Read article summary)Ecuador's proposed constitution includes an article that grants nature the right to 'exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.'
Ecuador's proposed constitution includes an article that grants nature the right to "exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution" and will grant legal standing to any person to defend those rights in court.
Voters will get to decide on Sept. 28 whether to adopt the new constitution, which would allow the president to run for reelection, to dissolve Congress, and to exert great control over the country's central bank. According to Reuters, 56 percent of Ecuadorans approve of the proposed document.
