Posted by: Sandy Steinman | August 24, 2024

River Recognized as a Legal Entity

The Revelator reports

Legal personhood status: After more than a century of struggles by the Māori, in 2017 New Zealand’s Te Awa Tupua was the first river in the world to be granted the rights and powers of a legal person. Three scholars make a case for expanding that model across the globe.

Read story at The Te Awa Tupua Act: An Inspiration for Communities to Take Responsibility for Their Ecosystems


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