Dec 28, 2020
1 min read
When a river is a person, would the world be different? From Ecuador to India to New Zealand, nature gets her day in court. The laws in these countries have been changed to include nature beings.
In New Zealand, a law has been adopted that gives the Whanganui River, flowing across the North Island, the rights of personhood. That means the river can act as a person in a court of law. She has legal standing.
