#rightsofnature

#ClimateDiary Rhine, Danube, Elbe, Loire. Some of Europe’s biggest rivers are going dry this summer Thinking about that list of river names, so full of European history and meaning for so many of us. They really ARE us, sources of life, shaping all that Europe is. This brings home how vital #RightsOfNature, giving rivers rights, really are. Loire almost there- hope it happens for all, v soon. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/rhine-danube-elbe-loire-some-of-europes-biggest-rivers-are-going-dry-this-summer

Conservation Fast-track development Relationality

• "Despite the broad acclaim these legal personhood models have received, New Zealand’s government is unravelling protections for the environment. It has disestablished the Ministry for the Environment, attempted to weaken environmental protections in fisheries laws, and plans to reform the Resource Management Act to enable more widespread “fast-track” development." >> https://theconversation.com/nzs-overhaul-of-nature-protection-laws-is-a-chance-to-move-away-from-fortress-conservation-286647

• United Kingdom’s Rights of Nature Bill which passed its second reading in parliament. Rights of nature raise questions about the ethical basis of environmental protection and the implications of extending rights beyond humans. https://post.parliament.uk/rights-of-nature-ethical-frameworks/

#conservation #fasttrack #extractivism #EuropeanColonisation #WaterLaws #rivers #relationality #IndigenousPeoples #ethics #RightsOfNature #environment