Spain Gives Personhood Status to Mar Menor Salt-Water Lagoon

Spain Gives Personhood Status to Mar Menor Salt-Water Lagoon

By JOSEPH WILSON

Source: Associated Press

9/21/2022

Credit: Edu Botella/Europa Press via AP,

Spain has granted personhood status to what environmentalists call Europe’s largest salt-water lagoon, which has suffered massive die-offs of marine life as it degrades due to coastal development and local farming.

Spain granted personhood status Wednesday to what environmentalists call Europe's largest salt-water lagoon, which has suffered massive die-offs of marine life as it degrades due to coastal development and local farming. The new law came after a citizen-led push to provide better protection for the threatened ecosystem.

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