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THE preamble of the 1982 World Charter for Nature says, "Every form of life is unique, warranting respect regardless of its worth to man ..." With the emergence of the new field of environmental law, this statement led to the issue of awarding rights to subjects other than man, and has granted legal standing to natural entities such as rivers and mountains and the right of species to survive.
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