Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales - Inside Climate News

Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales - Inside Climate News

At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference.

Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales

At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga's princess called for recognition of whales' legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference. By Katie Surma Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the first country in the world to recognize that whales have inherent rights.