Rights of Nature in Europe: The Spanish Lagoon Mar Menor Becomes a Legal Person

Following a popular initiative, the Spanish Parliament granted legal personality tot he lagoonof Mar Menor and gave the right to everybody to defend the lagoon's rights in administrative or judicisal action. The contribution prsents the new Spanish legislation, places it in the context of global trends to give rights to parts of the natural envronment and points to some aspects, which the new legislation raises.

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Date of creation 2024-09-17
Date of last revision 2024-09-17
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Metadata identifier 26b37210-8186-5f25-8f6f-4eb1ba0182f4
Metadata language Spanish
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ISO 19115 topic category biota
Other identifier DOI 10.1163/18760104-20010003
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INSPIRE identifier ESPMITECOIEPNBMMENOR867
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Geographic identifier Murcia
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"{\"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [[[-2.34, 37.38], [-0.69, 37.38], [-0.69, 38.76], [-2.34, 38.76], [-2.34, 37.38]]]}"
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  1. Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law
  2. vol20
  3. no 1
  4. 5-23
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Name of the dataset creator Kramer, L.
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