Rivers have rights
Several tribes, including some large ones in the southeast are looking into being part of the movement of rivers having legal rights.
Non profit quarterly; a radical approach to climate justice [[1]] “ Until recently, environmental personhood was a fringe legal doctrine. However, the principle has recently undergone a kind of revival. Its growing relevance in contemporary environmental justice is intrinsically linked to the influence of indigenous ways of seeing the relationship between human beings and the world. Global legal developments are a testament to the impact that indigenous populations are having on discourse regarding the protection of the environment.”
The GW University environmental rights blog [[2]]
Rights of rivers declaration link [[3]]
CELDF offers free legal assistance for communities working for the rights of a river. [[4]]
Rights of nature legal timeline pdf w links [[5]]
Rivers with rights can sue to protect themselves. Scientific American story, on NZ and Ecuador [[6]]
The Magpie River first Canadian river with legal rights.
Rivers have rights through the same legal fiction as corporations having the rights of personhood. Link [[7]]
Will river personhood save this NZ river? Guardian story [[8]]
The Hoosic River Watershed is one of the most organized efforts to win the rights for a river that a corporation already has link [[9]]
The midwest’s Ogalala Aquifer is running dry link [[10]]
Negotiated rights on the Klammath River U.S. link to case study [[11]]
The rights of rivers and beavers in the UK
The seven states and the Climate rights of the Colorado link [[12]]
Link [[13]]
The Wanganui River in New Zealand link [[14]]
Federal judge strikes down Lake Erie ‘s bill of rights. Link [[15]
The Earth Law Center had made a declaration of River rights link [[16]]