The new book The Politics of Riverine Rights - Environmental Struggles in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia and India (taylorfrancis.com) (open access) describes the outcomes of granting rivers in these countries legal personhood.
The book is a result of the international research project Riverine Rights: Exploring the Currents and Consequences of Legal Innovations on the Rights of Rivers.
The first part of the event might be streamed (more information to come).
Preliminary programme
The event is moderated by Andrew P. Kroglund.
Part 1 (in English)
- Rights of Nature and the Riverine Rights Research Project. Axel Borchgrevink (OsloMet)
- Themes and findings of the book. A conversation with three of the authors of the book, Miriama Cribb (Aotearoa New Zealand), Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta (Eafit Colombia), John McNeish (Norwegian University of Life Sciences).
Part 2 (in Norwegian)
- Førdefjorden: Nature’s legal protection and the value of experiences with river rights for a Norwegian context. Malene K. Brandshaug (OsloMet)
- Panel discussion with representatives from the environmental movement and experts in environmental law: Ahead of the Norway’s Supreme Court’s hearing of the fjord lawsuit concerning Førdefjorden in April: What potential does the current legal framework offer for protecting Førdefjorden? Would the potential be greater if nature had legal rights?
