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A familiar amphibian in Ecuador sparked a global revolution in conservation thanks to the Rights of Nature law.

The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries.

“Human land use and cover change is rapidly altering the size, type and configuration of habitat” for the amphibians and ...

“She didn’t just die and end up in the woods" David Chiu is a staff writer, Human Interest, for PEOPLE. A former PEOPLE intern from 2007 to 2008, he has been writing about news and ...

Back then, it was a savannah that early human populations settled in to take advantage of the favorable farming conditions. Among them was a mysterious people who lived in what is now southwestern ...

The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ancestor who lived 200,000 years ago in present-day Botswana. He ...

The Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), set up by the Committee of Ministers end 1976, conducts the intergovernmental work of the Council of Europe in the human rights field in the light, in ...

“Amphibians have thin, permeable skin, unlike other land animals such as humans, birds, reptiles and insects. Their moist skin allows water and other substances to pass through, making it more ...

Raise awareness of human rights in your classroom with the following educational activities and materials. Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils understand their own ...

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