The town of Terrasse-Vaudreuil in Quebec has officially recognized trees as living beings with rights to life, growth, integrity, and regeneration.

Quebec town recognizes the rights of trees https://globalnews.ca/news/11915108/quebec-town-tree-rights/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Montreal @montreal-GlobalNews

“A small town west of #Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in #Quebec and #Canada. A resolution adopted by Terrasse-Vaudreuil city council on June 9 declares that #trees are worthy of protection, including the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrasse-vaudreil-quebec-tree-rights-9.7243634

A small town west of Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in Quebec and Canada. Source: CBC News Montréal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrasse-vaudreil-quebec-tree-rights-9.7243634

` A small town west of Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in Quebec and Canada. A resolution adopted by Terrasse-Vaudreuil city council on June 9 declares that trees are worthy of protection, "including the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration." ' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrasse-vaudreil-quebec-tree-rights-9.7243634