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Many governments have granted rights to environmental systems. In 2008, Ecuador amended their constitution to recognize the rights of all nature.

An ecosystem is an interconnected web wherein all living and non-living matter are dependent on each other. One path of energy transfer throughout the web is the food chain.

In 2017, “environmental personhood” was granted to the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India and the Whanganui River in New Zealand. In 2019, Bangladesh (home to the world’s largest delta ecosystem) gave all its rivers the same legal protection as humans. Undoubtedly difficult to enforce, these legislations are a positive step toward greater environmental awareness and shared responsibility of the earth’s health and well-being.

Our illustration captures the intricacy and richness of the plant and animal kingdom that exists beyond an anthropocentric perspective.