Nature as an Ancestor: Two Examples of Legal Personality for Nature in New Zealand

La Nouvelle-Zelande a confirme le point de vue cosmologique Maori de la nature comme un ancetre et mis au point un cadre juridique pour mieux proteger ses interets. Une riviere et ce qui a ete un parc national se sont vus accorder la personnalite juridique, avec comme gardiens des etres humains charges de proteger leurs interets. D’abord, la presente contribution expose brievement le concept indigene Maori de la nature concue comme un ancetre et les responsabilites humaines correlatives de garde de la nature. Elle decrit ensuite les deux exemples ou la nature est dotee de la personnalite juridique en droit neo-zelandais, a savoir celui de la riviere Whanganui et celui qui etait auparavant le parc national Te Urewera, maintenant appele simplement Te Urewera. La contribution conclut avec quelques observations et commentaires.

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