In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html
"#Indigenous leaders of #NewZealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty that recognizes #whales as legal persons in a move conservationists believe will apply pressure to national governments to offer greater protections for the large mammals"
#ethics #Philosophy #Conservation #EnvironmentalEthics #EcoEthics #whale