Los Cedros contains more than 200 identified species of orchids, including a number of endemic varieties still little-known to science. Los Cedros is the world’s leading example of how non-anthropocentric laws can be used to effectively defend the planet. The rights of nature recognizes this in a way that old laws haven’t.”WATCH: Does a Forest Have Rights? “I could spend time studying a single square meter of Los Cedros and still not understand everything there,” Roy says. “My worry is that Los Cedros will become an island surrounded by private lands that get degraded,” Peel says.