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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐝⚖️ Two towns in the Peruvian #Amazon granted native stingless #bees legal #rights – a world first for any #insect, allowing #Indigenous groups to defend them in court.

The movement, led by microbiologist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, gives legal tools to protect the #pollinators against #deforestation and #pesticides.

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#peru #conservation #law #rainforest #biodiversity #satipo #nauta #climate #climatechange #insects

Stingless bees in Peru become the first insects with legal rights. Will it happen globally?

Two municipalities in the Peruvian Amazon have granted native stingless bees the legal right to exist, thrive and be represented in court.
Jamie Forsythe (Mongabay Environmental News)
#Amazon #climatechange #Climate #Law #indigenous #pollinators #insects #conservation #rights #peru #biodiversity #insect #deforestation #rainforest #bees #pesticides #satipo #nauta

#SavingCarbonSinks: Ecuadorian social #movements have bypassed pro-extractivist #politicians with a national #referendum to keep #oil from Block 43 also known as “Yasuní ITT,” a concession in the deepest part of the Amazonian protected Yasuní National #Forest, in the ground. While movements around the world have successfully achieved #mining moratoria, this is an important new strategy for #environmental and #Indigenous #rights activists.

#RightsOfNature #SafeguardTheCommons #YasuniITT

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Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum

Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus.
NACLA
#forest #indigenous #rights #environmental #mining #politicians #oil #savingcarbonsinks #movements #referendum #rightsofnature #safeguardthecommons #yasuniitt

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A legal opinion has found that there are, “real and significant issues” regarding the lawfulness of a clause in the Online Safety Bill.

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#OnlineSafetyBill #censorship #freedomodexpression #privacy #humanrights #digitalrights #rights

Legal opinion finds Online Safety Bill may breach international law

Open Rights Group has received legal advice from Dan Squires KC and Emma Foubister of Matrix Chambers, which states that measures in the Online Safety Bill may involve breaches of international law.
Open Rights Group
#HumanRights #privacy #censorship #rights #onlinesafetybill #digitalrights #freedomodexpression

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