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civil

There are challenges when granting legal status to entities such as the Ganges. : Ryan via Flickr CCBY2.0

Viewing nature as a commodity has long been the norm but giving it legal rights may force a change of outlook across the world.

Rights of nature

Reframing the law to recognise nature’s value

Viewing nature as a commodity has long been the norm but giving it legal rights may force a change of outlook across the world.

Environment
The human right to clean air is difficult to enforce. : Maruf Rahman/Pixabay CC 2.0 Maruf Rahman

Air pollution is an international problem. Domestic and international laws could work together to combat it.

International Day of Clean Air

Laying down the law on air pollution

Air pollution is an international problem. Domestic and international laws could work together to combat it.

Environment
The wound-healing properties of turmeric are well-documented traditional knowledge in India. : Steenbergs, Flickr CC BY 2.0

Recent work has strengthened the intellectual property rights ecosystem to protect traditional knowledge from commercial patents.

Who owns IP

Keeping traditional knowledge free

Recent work has strengthened the intellectual property rights ecosystem to protect traditional knowledge from commercial patents.

Culture
IP disputes between governments and their private-entity collaborators climb to especially high stakes when they are about medicines. : Petty Officer 1st Class Kyle Steckler CC BY 2.0

Public money directly and indirectly supports pharmaceutical innovation. Governments need to ensure the public gets a fair return on its investment.

Who owns IP

The public deserves a return on the medicines governments support

Health
Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year presidency has been synonymous with declining press freedom in the Philippines : Jeff Pioquinto, SJ, Flickr

Duterte’s presidency rapidly eroded press freedom in the Philippines. Media organisations see the May elections as a chance to set things right.

Press freedom under digital siege

Media in the Philippines bite back against Duterte

Politics