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In February, the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality declared the Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) a legal person, a move that may provide greater certainty for this majestic river’s future. (Boreal River)

Rights for nature: How granting a river ‘personhood’ could help protect it

Justine Townsend, University of Guelph; Alexis Bunten; Catherine Iorns, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Lindsay Borrows, University of Alberta

A recent declaration of a river as a legal person in Canada recognizes Indigenous laws and governance, and champions people as the guardians of nature.

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