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==Pachamama== and the Right to Exist

Examine the Andean cosmovision as a philosophical foundation for the rights of nature.

==Pachamama==, 'Mother Earth' or 'Mother Cosmos,' is the whole. The whole in these traditions is more than the sum of its parts. What affects the parts affects the whole and vice versa. According to the Andean worldview, ==Pachamama== is present in everything and everywhere (space/time), hence its holistic vision, because in the human world, what affects one of its elements necessarily affects the rest. ==Pachamama==, in which life is produced and realized, has the right to the integral respect of its existence and to the maintenance and regeneration of its vital cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes. People, communities, peoples, and nations can call upon public authorities to enforce these rights. — Wikipedia '==Pachamama=='; Notre Affaire à Tous 'The Andean Cosmovision as a Philosophical Foundation of the Rights of Nature' (2021); Ecuador Constitution, Article 71 (2008)