Climate change law and colonialism: the rights of nature and a hypothetical case for bison person in Canada
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- doi:10.4337/9781800889378.00019
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- Laura Shay Lynes
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- 2021
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The views of Indigenous Peoples around the world on nature have been disregarded in the process of law making since colonization. Consequently, laws and policy to address climate change, for the most part, continue to evolve in absence of Indigenous knowledge. Legal standing for animals and natural resources that are ecologically and culturally significant to Indigenous Peoples could be a way to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into decision making on climate change and in mending relations with States and Indigenous Peoples that have been strained for more than a century. In Canada's case, this could also be a form of active reconciliation. To illustrate this point, a hypothetical case for bison personhood in Canada will be presented. Arguments to support bison personhood will be drawn from the key legal principles, and cultural and ecological reasoning that led to the personhood of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Whanganui Rivers. It will also be shown how granting Rights to Nature could help States operationalize international treaties such as the Paris Agreement.
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Laura Shay Lynes. Climate change law and colonialism: the rights of nature and a hypothetical case for bison person in Canada. 2021. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800889378.00019
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