Could Happy the elephant follow an Ecuadorian monkey into legal personhood?
The US lawyer Steven Wise reflects on the long journey towards the recognition of animals as legal persons with rights.
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Peat, pesticides and plastic: how British gardeners are destroying the planet
The UK government should urgently agree a ban on peat in horticultural products.
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Tom Holland: why climate politics needs more hedgehogs
As an environmental culture war looms, the historian advocates for Edmund Burke's politics of the particular.
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WWF’s decision to fundraise via NFTs puts capitalism above conservation
There's no such thing as a green NFT.
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Year of the Tiger: why the big cat’s return holds hope for humanity
Efforts to protect the solitary predators show conservationists how much they can achieve by working together.
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“England is one of the most nature-depleted countries on earth”: Tony Juniper’s call to end binary thinking
The chair of Natural England explains why we can only restore nature if we stop playing off its survival against…
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Why rewilding isn’t just for toffs
Small-scale farmers can play their part in conservation – Monty Don risks putting them off.
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Ben Okri: climate change and oppression are born of the same “devouring instincts”
The award-winning writer on philosophy, mythology and the connections between racial injustice and ecological crisis.
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