For centuries, trees have been viewed primarily as natural resources, valued for the shade they provide, the carbon they store or the timber they produce. There exists one little town in Canada that opposes this point of view.

MONTREAL - 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

The move was inspired by Quebec filmmaker André Desrocher who said ‘a tree is like a human being’

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A municipality near Montreal has recognized trees as living beings with rights of their own, in "a first in Quebec and Canada."

For centuries, trees have been viewed primarily as natural resources, valued for the shade they provide, the carbon they store or the timber they produce. There exists one little…