{"id":12815,"date":"2022-03-20T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=12815"},"modified":"2022-03-20T07:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:31:33","slug":"the-rulings-underline-ecuadors-unique-status-within-latin-america-as-the-only-country-where-nature-is-recognized-as-a-subject-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/the-rulings-underline-ecuadors-unique-status-within-latin-america-as-the-only-country-where-nature-is-recognized-as-a-subject-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The rulings underline Ecuador\u2019s unique status within Latin America as the only country where nature is recognized as a subject of rights."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador-1024x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador-1024x286.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador-768x215.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NatureHasRightsInEcuador.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ecuador-gives-indigenous-people-and-nature-a-big-win\">https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ecuador-gives-indigenous-people-and-nature-a-big-win<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For full article, click on link below &#8230;..<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ecuador-gives-indigenous-people-and-nature-a-big-win\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ecuador-gives-indigenous-people-and-nature-a-big-win<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ecuador\u2019s Constitutional Court has set an important precedent, not just for the country but for the region, one badly affected by deforestation and where Indigenous peoples\u2019 rights are routinely violated. The rulings underline Ecuador\u2019s unique status within Latin America as the only country where nature is&nbsp;recognized&nbsp;as a subject of rights. That means that as part of the country\u2019s absolute constitutional rights, nature has the same rights as a citizen.<br><br>The rulings underline Ecuador\u2019s unique status within Latin America as the only country where <strong>nature is recognize<\/strong>d as a subject of rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For full article, click on link below &#8230;..https:\/\/therealnews.com\/ecuador-gives-indigenous-people-and-nature-a-big-win Ecuador\u2019s Constitutional Court has set an important precedent, not just for the country but for the region, one badly affected by deforestation and where Indigenous peoples\u2019 rights are routinely violated. The rulings underline Ecuador\u2019s unique status within Latin America as the only country where nature is&nbsp;recognized&nbsp;as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/the-rulings-underline-ecuadors-unique-status-within-latin-america-as-the-only-country-where-nature-is-recognized-as-a-subject-of-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The rulings underline Ecuador\u2019s unique status within Latin America as the only country where nature is recognized as a subject of rights.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12818,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815\/revisions\/12818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}