Does nature have the right to be protected? | WILD HOPE

En Español: • ¿Tiene la naturaleza e...
Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet-a country about the size of Nevada that’s home to more than twice the number of plant and animal species as the United States and Canada combined. Yet its wild spaces-rich in gold, timber, and fertile soil for large-scale agriculture-are also among the world’s most threatened. In 2008, when Ecuador became the first country in the world to enshrine a revolutionary concept called the “rights of nature” in its constitution, conservationists gained perhaps their most powerful tool for protecting wild spaces. Today, that tool is being put to the test as advocates race to preserve habitats and the remarkable species they support.
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[@deborahwade2641]

Nature DEFINITELY has rights. We humans would be lost without nature.

[@SpecialSP]

This is a spectacular testament to the people on the front lines fighting the destruction of our planet. I only wish I were young again so I could join them … Thank you PBS.

[@lourdesmurilloquintana5123]

BRAVO to all the HEROS that fight for the rights of nature and the all living beings.

[@adpirtle]

The people of Ecuador are struggling under so many pressures right now, so I'm not surprised that nature often comes last. I commend these people for trying to improve the situation for the people and the environment at the same time.

[@divinaflamingarrow9556]

Ecuador upholds Earth rights!!!

[@rodolfomaiquez483]

Thank you for all the great advocacies you do to save our planet and biodiversity. ❤❤❤

[@carriebradley7634]

I'm so impressed with what's happening in equador and that they have the support of its government! Especially when you consider the size of the country and its economic struggles! In my opinion, they are far wiser than the rest of the world when it comes to environmental protection. The western world would laugh at the idea that it has legal rights. Well done Equador. I hope these programs and ideas spread around the world. Without nature, we cannot survive ....

[@carolpridgeon8200]

I so appreciate your comments. Well said. Namaste'

[@chongseitmooi2593]

Only hopeful land owner has a great plants heart to preserve tis natural resources 🎉

[@seansmith3058]

Congratulations to Ecuador on the Yasuni victory!

[@mmps18]

Love Ecuador so much.

[@rip_cayde6247]

That sentence shouldn’t even have a question mark at the end of it. It’s a statement. Because we are nothing without it.

[@critiqueofthegothgf]

i cant put into words how incredible the work eco minga and reserva are doing. when callie broaddus said that they discover a potential new species on every new expedition. if that doesnt put into context what we are and could potentially continue to lose, then nothing will. i can only hope ecuador continues to enforce and expand its environmental laws, and that every other nation on earth does the same.

[@jacobv3396]

Nature does have rights; the most fundamental being the right to exist.

[@ritamccomas9271]

Without nature, we will not exist

[@Blueswedishbeauties]

we must save the wild for our children

[@yfarrell]

When he said this species was a “subject” ie a citizen of Ecuador it was profound and made me cry. We must make it that way everywhere for our species to have a chance.

[@anthonychihuahua]

Rights are a manmade idea.. Many plants and other animals came before humans, so perhaps they have a "first rights" that we should consider 🤲🌱🐸 I❤️"indicator" species 🦇🐝🦉

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Well said! And a very interesting was of seeing the world.

[@ccrider3435]

People THINK they have rights to kill other beings but, like most criminals, they have only ample opportunities.

[@anthonychihuahua]

@@sharonkaczorowski8690 Thank you 🙂

[@Sq7Arno]

What a question! I will still watch this now, but from the outset I have to ask: Have the right? Nature makes the real rules. And I'm not just talking about life. The natural laws of the universe are absolute as far as we are concerned. In this universe we will only ever be able to take the power that the laws of the universe allow for. Where protecting the living world is concerned, the part of the universe able to observe itself, we are part of it. Until we have the technological means to complete divorce our existence from the living biosphere of planet Earth - Asking whether life has the right to be protected is like asking if we have the right to be protected. And even then life has innate value which we have no right to judge. The might maybe, but presently still at our own peril. i.e. A boorish, foolish might. The full realization hasn't set in generally and is resisted by foolishly tenacious illusions of grandeur.

[@Pocket_Champs2023]

Nature HAS absolute rights! Without nature, humanity would die! IF you buy raw plant civered land, THEN protect it at all costs. It ensures your well being and teaches you to be self sufficient and free! Praise GOD for nature.

[@SomeGuyNamedTex]

YES!

[@Jobinks26]

Thanks.

[@eliseolopez2790]

As you enter the rest your conscious becomes clear acknowledging the gifts of GOD

[@eliseolopez2790]

I COME WITH NEW STANDARDS FOR HUMANITY

[@loriwakefield1]

BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU

[@JavenarchX]

Well... Most humans think we own everything and everyone... Terrible mentality... So selfish

[@JhyronMalucong]

salamats

[@justrosy5]

That depends entirely on your definition of "rights." Anyway, we have a right to survive, and we won't without nature, so the question is moot.

[@ashleylee3859]

I catch some differences between audio and subtitles, is it modified?

[@rickeymitchell8303]

We have dominion over the animals and land we have waisted destroy and disrupt so much of nature. I think that's the way we destroy are selves in the end

[@ritamccomas9271]

Without nature, we will not exist!

[@raptordave]

Rights are a social construct.

[@MartinaSchoppe]

Could you put the links to the organizations in the Infobox?

[@eliseolopez2790]

Chemicals , destruction, pollution will no longer be the land will regain her minerals,fungi of life

[@eliseolopez2790]

THE LORD IS MY SALVATION MY FAITH WITHHOLDS MY HEART I STRIDE TOWARDS MY ROCK AS MY HEART DIRECTS

[@eliseolopez2790]

THE LINEAGE OF DAVID THE KING OF THE JEWS SPEAKS

[@gieromme8880]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@kimopuppy]

Yes, nature should have legal rights

[@DarklyCreativeDesigns]

I love your channel so much. I keep tearing up when I see the beautiful animals and plants. It reminds me of when I was a free diver. I used to deep free dive and I paid over $1,000 to get years of diving lessons and earned my license for free diving as well scuba diving. I got to dive with other scientists off of Morale Bay and San Francisco. My favorite diving spot is off of Morale Bay it's hard to get access to the private spots and it was expensive. Usually I joined a group of divers and we shared the bills for the boats and equipment. It's a little less expensive to free dive so I loved being able to choose. Morale Bay has some beautiful exotic fish and coral life, it's a bit hairy at the bottom of the rocky areas and those are my favorite spots to dive. It looks like a fantasy world in an alien water world. I lost my heart to those undertows and surfs. I loved getting into an undertow and riding the waves underneath the tow. It's different than suffering a wave because it's literally a rolling wave that doesn't touch the surface. Dolphins like to ride the undertow for fun and they showed me how to do it. They were amazing creatures but I was very couscous about being around them. They have a bad reputation of being too curious about human beings. It is not safe for both of us to interact too much. I only allowed an hour of physical activity with them and I would slowly get farther away until I got back to my boat. If I could go back and take photos and share them with everyone online I would. The last dive I did was in 2001 February 10th at 1 pm off of Morale Bay from the base of Morale Bay rock. I researched the wildlife that made their home around the rock for an aquarium museum for aquatic life. It was a private research that I got paid for. I miss the ocean as if it is a person. I do believe to be a diver like myself you have to have a unique relationship with the ocean it's literally a feeling of comfort for me to be in the water and diving as deep as possible to bob in the depths between twilight and dawn. The sunbeams look like streams of threads that shoot down in different directions and it shows shadows from the clouds like vails from an ethereal bide that morphs into beautiful forms. The more I visited the area the deeper I fell in love with it. I think it's a common experience for other drivers, it's what brings us back. It's like the ocean devoured my soul and never let go, it loves me because I respect its majesty and power. I will always have half of my soul in the ocean and the other half is always with me. 😊❤ Here's a poem I wrote for my love of the ocean. "My Lovely Blue - The peaceful blue skies reached the bottom of the ocean view, there's where my heart forever lays. I am married to its waves and undertows. The ocean is full of dreams from an ethereal world, majestic and power."

[@eliseolopez2790]

Genesis 15, Hebrews 4, Isaiah 11

[@eliseolopez2790]

Humanity will no longer have to wake early leave their family behind go work all day , coming home tired down and broke

[@thomastuorto9929]

Can't remember where but, a couple of years ago read an article about how large oil companies are trying to get rites to remove the products from national parks. I guess you can't blame them for trying.

[@eliseolopez2790]

The king will provide for humanity the world in order and protected by the king will produce her products an explosion of products of joy you will go to sleep happy you will receive each day happily with your family by your side you will savor the products of nature every day without worries. Protection from destruction will produce abundance in great quantities

[@eliseolopez2790]

When the fruit was taken the wall of Eden came down the beauty of the world men despised, destruction, pollution, dams, domestication dark is called light with psychology

[@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH--]

Yes... But soon... Soon... This World will burn... So soon now... Mother Earth will soon be totally free of Chaos evil greed and any other negative energies... And only those who are worthy shall be left behind to enjoy eternal life with her and her children (Nature) The God's Watch... SHE 🌍 WATCHES

[@monicasong427]

Let's do our part by eliminating animal products. The loss of wild areas to animal agriculture is the leading cause of the current mass extinction of vital wildlife. Considered the most comprehensive analysis between farming and the environment, without meat and dairy consumption, global farm land use could be reduced by 75%. An area equivalent to the U.S., China, EU, and Australia combined---and still feed the world. (Source: Oxford University, 2018- Reducing foods environmental impacts through producers & consumers)

[@monicasong427]

Rethink nuclear power. 1. No greenhouse gas emissions. 2. Most reliable source of energy. 3. According to IPCC, nuclear power is the safest and killed the least human lives.

[@TimeTheory2099]

Oh yeah, Nuclear is so safe... Until something horrible goes wrong. Earthquakes, floods and WAR!

[@Xanthate1845]

Yes, BUT if emissions were cut to near zero, then you would have to start addressing the uncomfortable question of who is actually emitting the majority of pollution...

[@monicasong427]

@Xanthate1845 The exploitation of non-human animals is the most ecologically destructive. Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire world's transportation sector combined. It is humbling that the elimination of animal products is the most effective, cheapest, healthful, and compassionate way for an ecologically sustainable environment for all.

[@eliseolopez2790]

Ai belongs to the king. in mesopotamia the king will make innumerable structures of great beauty designed by ai , a place where the adventures are endless dressed with endless fauna of beauty colinary of the highest of quality all given to humanity

[@erikaerika7788]

In our countries people dont care ,,, my family still live in the mountains

[@dakila2909]

This is an interesting question which has been answered in a number of studies. For a starter, the Rights of Nature (RoN) is a concept which recognizes nature's intrinsic worth, its right to exist independently of its value to humans, and its right to have a voice in the legal system, in which it has been previously neglected. It recognizes the interconnectedness of the world, and acknowledges that humans are part of nature, not apart from nature. RoN marks the departure from a human-centric to a more earth-centric approach to environment. As a legal framework, the RoN concept means recognizing nature as holder of rights For nature to be a “subject of legal rights,” three requisites need to coincide: legal standing or a recognition that nature can institute action on its own behalf; an injury caused to it in which redress could be sought; and finally, any redress to injury caused to nature should redound to its benefits. As of June 2023, the UN Harmony with Nature listed 30 countries with existing and proposed RoN laws and policies. Out of these 30 countries, 20 “RoN countries” across five regions of the world (North and Central America, Europe, South America, Asia-Pacific and Africa) have current and existing RoN provisions that pertain to or are relevant to freshwater and marine ecosystems either in law or court decisions that are in force and in effect. I stumbled upon this article, "Exploring the Rights of Nature in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems," It treats the subject comprehensively. You can find the link here: doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2024.100224

[@eliseolopez2790]

Jerusalem Jerusalem above your sisters you are jewel of splendor glorious glowing crown center of the star saturated universe

[@arturomaldonado8199]

That water is not longer, safe….!!!! 😂

[@eliseolopez2790]

The king will tear down all existing dams , rivers are veins of abundance the king will use humanity to plant seas of trees the king will free and protect all creatures you will have millions of turtles for your delights millions of scallops, truffles, extreme quality oils, spices in their numbers, shellfish, octopus, blue lobster in their millions, saturated in fat tuna, shrimp,all sea creatures according to their species, your rivers your tributaries will overflow with salmon

[@eliseolopez2790]

The king will design forest of pleasure for humanity bursting with life the king will revive all world prairies,all extinct ancient rivers tributaries world coral reefs mangroves the king gives you endless lakes ecosystem rich wetlands aquifers streams countless springs ponds, many many waterfalls THIS IS EDEN THIS IS THE REST OF THE LORD

[@cliffowens3629]

Getting closer to Gaia worship

[@eliseolopez2790]

Entering the rest of the king humanity will give it's heart to the king, with technology with humanity the king will abstract all precious metals from earth starting with gold,all to dress Jerusalem the king will restore Israel the king will restore the ruins of Israel humanity will head to the holy land to experience the holy scriptures

[@deannamadrigal7503]

It's so sad that we even have to ask that question. We are supposed to be stewards of this planet

[@eliseolopez2790]

Declaration of the king I revive the dead land between two rivers, the whole crescent turning into fertile land of Israel

[@eliseolopez2790]

In Eden work does not exist I stand in the wilderness watching the blindness of humanity work is being owned, you must wake early and head out you must stay at one place working all day draining your spirit

[@monicasong427]

Please stop spreading doubt. There is no such thing as sustainably exploiting fellow animals in agriculture. Let's not wait for others to align their actions by going vegan. The greatest loss of vital native biodiversity is animal agriculture.

[@monicasong427]

@tanglemangle3091 In the beginning of the documentation, the 3 industries called out causing the most destruction to the environment was coal, timber, and unsustainable animal agriculture. Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire world's transportation sector combined. (WHO, 2006) Veganism was not stated as the only solution. However, the elimination of dead animal products is the most important factor for ecological sustainability. We seldom realize the cheapest foods are also the most healthful and sustainable for the environment by consuming legumes, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, herbs & spices, and fungi.

[@ritamccomas9271]

​@@monicasong427exactly, any foods grown from the soil are better and healthier for humans to consume

[@barbarazofiakwiatkowska1981]

🤣up side Down thinking😂Is the twofoot have the rights, in The Nature

[@eliseolopez2790]

In mesopotamia the king will build a temple made of gold for the LORD a structure of great height and admiration

[@eliseolopez2790]

The fruits of Eden are fragile easy of being stripped there for forcing you to work

[@Sblatus]

Nature writes the rules, title sounds arrogant

[@urimtefiki226]

Do inventors have rights? i am not bullshiter.

[@Zomfoo]

No

[@JacobBax]

Idiot

[@Xanthate1845]

The rights of living people are not even respected. Until that happens, it's unreasonable to expect non-human rights to be respected.

[@lovewillwinnn]

In the near future it won’t be about which country this or which country that. ALL GLOBALLY will be united in thought and deed. Under God’s kingdom on earth to restore the earth to a paradise. 😊 Isaiah 14: 7 Psalm 37: 10,11,29 Revelation 11: 18

[@Marshallgill]

Utter sophistry. Does an ant have rights? If so, what about the anteater? The lion that eats the ant eater? Plants? They are also living things. What about the Vegan? Do they have the right to slaughter wheat? Massacre mushrooms? Commit genocide against greens? Only human beings can have rights. It literally requires the ability to understand the premise of rights to possess them.