"Maidstone Borough Council has become the first council in the UK to formally adopt a Rights of Nature framework.
This means the council will embed the principle that nature has an intrinsic right to exist, thrive and evolve across its governance, decision‑making and service delivery."
https://news.maidstone.gov.uk/home/news/26/april/rights-of-nature

#Nature #RightsOfNature #Environment #Maidstone #UK

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Nothing New on the Moon?

On 2 February 2026, Elon Musk confirmed that SpaceX has acquired the billionaire’s artificial intelligence (AI) start-up xAI with the aim to ‘form an “innovation engine” putting AI, rockets, space-based internet, and media under one roof’. Musk is quoted as saying: ‘This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's m

#GlobalCommons #RightsOfNature #SpaceLaw

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/nothing-new-on-the-moon/

OnlineFirst - "Mobilizing rights of nature and science to contest industrial mining: The legal battle of Intag's frogs" by Cristina Espinosa:

#YAS #FRIAS #epistemicjustice #rightsofnature #Intag #science #legalmobilization

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/25148486261444550