New Zealand River Legally Granted Same Rights as Humans

Yale e360
Mar 16, 2017, 12:36 pm193 pts
New Zealand’s Parliament has declared that the country’s third-largest river, the Whanganui, has the same legal rights as a person, becoming the first river in the world to be recognized as a living entity. The designation culminates a 140-year campaign by indigenous groups. Read more on E360 →

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