In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’.
Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a treaty that recognizes whales as legal persons.
Makes sense culturally. And also for climate: one whale in its lifetime can sequester carbon emissions worth $2 million.
#Whales #indigenous
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.VCi2.XxiOTuUIqwo-&smid=url-share
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