S1 | Ep 3: The Cloud Forest v The Mine

Ecuador's Constitutional Court tests rights of nature with a major judgement on a biodiverse cloud forest. The podcast explores Ecuador's recognition of rights of nature and its influence globally. It also discusses the political shift in Latin America, a case before the Constitutional Court regarding mining in the cloud forest, a landmark ruling revoking mining permits to uphold rights of nature, and the tension between colonial governments and indigenous nations in rights of nature cases.