Could recognising Lough Neagh as a legal "person" help restore the largest freshwater lake in these islands?

The former lawyer who secured a Rights of Nature recognition for a Spanish saltwater lagoon believes it could.

Prof Eduardo Salazar-Ortuño led the battle to grant the recognition to Mar Menor in Murcia, Spain, after the ecology of the lagoon collapsed in 2016.

He said it could "transform" the future of Lough Neagh.

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago

not allowing absentee landlords would also help, it's wild that it's "owned" by this earl of shaftesbury while it supplies so much of the north's water supply.

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