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Indigenous groups in the Pacific have signed a treaty to make whales legal persons.
The declaration is non-binding and would still need government recognition to become law.
It's part of a multi-pronged effort to safeguard whales, which also includes quantifying their monetary value as carbon-depleting “bioengineers of our oceans”.
Around 20,000 great whales are killed every year by ship strikes and fishing net entanglements.
Some experts are pushing for a dollar value to be placed on whales.
The Hinemoana Halo Ocean Initiative aims to ratify personhood recognition for whales.
Scientists say the oceans have just a little over 1 million whales.
The team's optimism is buoyed by the global community’s aspirations to protect marine life in international waters.
Nearly 200 countries agreed to a legally binding “high seas treaty” at the United Nations in the previous year .
The humpback has rebounded from an estimated 200 individuals to more than 60,000 today .
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