7. Glossary

Ecological damage

Damage consisting of a significant impairment of ecosystem components or functions, or of the collective benefits that humans derive from the environment.

Legal personality

In law, a person or legal subject is a being or entity possessing legal personality, that is, the capacity to hold rights and be subject to obligations . There are two categories of persons: natural persons, or human beings, and legal persons, or groups and entities endowed with legal personality. Among the latter, a distinction is...