Melbourne, Jan 3: Accelerating biodiversity loss and the catastrophic effects of the climate crisis show that the relationship between humans and the environment is broken. But an idea from legal scholars, now gaining traction around the world, is pushing us to rethink that relationship. Western law and legal theory (or ‘jurisprudence’) operates from the viewpoint that the natural world exists for human use. Such thinking has shaped the world: European colonisation of other nations stemmed from the belief that they, […]
We dedicate our 2022 environmental heroes accolade to six organisations whose tireless efforts against the exploitation of the sea and its communities deserve South Africa's recognition. The leading ones were Sustaining the Wild Coast, Amadiba Crisis Committee, Natural Justice, the Legal Resour.
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