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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/users/johncarlosbaez/statuses/116410860000812131">John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 17-Apr-2026 06:58:29 JST</a><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez" title="johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/83718-48-20250418093131.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="John Carlos Baez" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">John Carlos Baez</a></section><article><p>RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116407495473802207" rel="nofollow">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116407495473802207</a></p><p>In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. This follows similar decisions in some other countries:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_nature_law" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_nature_law</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6327023#notice-12461198">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-17T06:58:29+09:00" title="Friday, 17-Apr-2026 06:58:29 JST">about 3 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/116410860000812131" rel="external" title="Sent from mathstodon.xyz via ActivityPub">mathstodon.xyz</a></span></span><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/116410860000812131">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: static.mamot.fr</div><h5><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116407495473802207In">Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)</a></h5><div> from <span>Cory Doctorow</span></div></header><div>Attached: 1 imageThe Rights of Nature movement uses a bold tactic to preserve our habitable Earth: it seeks to extend (pseudo) personhood to things like watersheds, forests and other ecosystems, as well as nonhuman species, in hopes of creating legal "standing" to ask the courts for protection:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_nature-If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/15/artificial-lifeforms/#moral-consideration1/</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 17-Apr-2026 06:58:29 JST John Carlos Baez
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In 2022 the Spanish parliament recognized the legal personhood of a lagoon called the Mar Menor, thus making it the first ecosystem in Europe with its own rights. This follows similar decisions in some other countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_nature_law
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  Attached: 1 image The Rights of Nature movement uses a bold tactic to preserve our habitable Earth: it seeks to extend (pseudo) personhood to things like watersheds, forests and other ecosystems, as well as nonhuman species, in hopes of creating legal "standing" to ask the courts for protection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_nature - If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/15/artificial-lifeforms/#moral-consideration 1/

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