Natural Rights : Part 4

Possible ‘articles’ relating to “Natural Rights”

Article 1.

• As with the “Human Rights”, nature via the “Natural Rights” must be treated with respect and dignity.

Article 2.

• Nature, as with humankind, has the right to life.

Article 3.

• Nature shall not be subjected to human greed and indifference.

Article 4.

• Nature has the right to recognition as the source of human life.

Article 5.

• Nature and humankind are equal before the law of survival and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of that law.

Article 6.

• Nature shall not be subjected to arbitrary exploitation in order to appease human greed.

Article 7.

• Nature has the right to the protection just as much as humankind.

Article 8.

• Nature is the natural and fundamental provider of life, including human life, and is entitled to protection by society and the State, as well as the individual, or groups of individuals.

Article 9.

• Nature shall not be arbitrarily deprived of its right to survive.

Natural Rights, or the Rights of Nature is the recognition and honoring that Nature has rights. It is the recognition that trees, oceans, animals, mountains have rights just as human beings have rights. Rights of Nature is about balancing what is good for human beings against what is good for other species, what is good for the planet as a world. It is the recognition that all life, all ecosystems on our planet are deeply intertwined.

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