UK government can never accept idea nature has rights, delegate tells UN

Dismissal of concept already recognised in UN declarations described as shameful, contradictory and undemocratic

The UK government can never accept that nature or Mother Earth has rights, a British government official from the environment department has told the UN.

The dismissal of a concept that has already been recognised in UN declarations and is a fundamental belief of many Indigenous communities was described by critics as shameful, contradictory and undemocratic.