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6 cze 2022 · A fishy ruling from California: A California court has ruled bees can legally be considered fish under specific circumstances. The ruling, released May 31, reversed an earlier judgment...
As Elizabeth Kolbert chronicled in her book The Sixth Extinction, the rate at which species are going extinct is rapidly accelerating, driven by habitat destruction, deforestation, and pollution. If CESA’s protections can do something to slow or reverse that trend in California, this lawsuit will have made a world of difference .
In September, the California Supreme Court left in place a lower-court decision holding that bees are fish—at least for the purpose of protecting them under California’s endangered species law. This article discusses the court decision and what it means for protecting insects and biodiversity under state laws.
28 paź 2022 · Addresses how bumble bees are technically protected in the California Endangered Species Act as the it protects “invertebrates” as “fish.” Discusses the climate change crisis as a contributor to plummeting biodiversity.
7 cze 2022 · By Ellen Gutoskey |. A fish in its natural habitat. / alle12/iStock via Getty Images. Scientifically speaking, insects are absolutely not fish. But under California law, they sometimes are—and...
23 wrz 2022 · JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — In a move that could allow a broad range of insects to be considered for endangered species status, the state Supreme Court has found that California bumblebees can be...
6 cze 2022 · Bees are now legally considered fish in California under the state’s endangered species law, an appeals court in Sacramento ruled. The 1970 act explicitly protected “fish,” which were initially defined as invertebrates.
