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.
A light meal will be served.
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 Marius Gulbranson and representative from the environmental movement: 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?
