Will #nature be able to sue people for the damage they inflict? Should the focus be on rights or responsibilities or both? ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒณ "#NewZealand recognized in law what the #Maori insisted all along: the river is a living being" - via @NatGeo nationalgeographic.com/cultuโ€ฆ

Aug 21, 2020 ยท 9:02 AM UTC

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If only the R. Niger,Nile,Congo, Gambia and other big river systems in Africacould get such a legal status...
Replying to @IPBES @NatGeo
Hurrah! Finally a legal approach that recognises rivers as natural, whole, dynamic living ecosystems - and our close connection to them.
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