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The oceans are called to be recognized as a living entity and given rights

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Scientists believe that humanity should reconsider its attitude to it because of the huge amount of resources.

Scientists from the Earth Law Center and School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo called for the ocean to be recognized as a living entity and given rights. This was reported by Science Alert.

They explain this by the fact that the ocean covers almost all of the Earth, and also produces a large amount of oxygen and provides humanity with a large amount of resources. In particular, food, minerals and energy. At the same time, the oceans are hardly represented in international environmental conventions.

“Maintaining the status quo of environmental law is tantamount to the legal destruction of Nature. International law must evolve to reflect the inalienable rights of the ocean to exist, develop and regenerate. The health of the ocean is human health,” the researchers wrote in the article.

It can be noticed that the experts deliberately used capital letters in the word Nature to emphasize its importance and equal position with humans.

“Based on an understanding of the laws of the earth and the rights of nature, ocean-centric governance recognizes the ocean as a living entity, promoting laws, policies, and institutional actions that focus on its needs of the ocean in decision making,” the authors write.

Recall that last year an international team of scientists published a report on ocean surface temperature trends and their consequences since the 1950s, stating that the ocean’s heat content has been steadily increasing in worldwide.

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