This report in the Conversation highlights the leadership of indigenous groups around the world in strengthening protections related to rivers, theit watersheds and the natural world. Both in Canada and around the world, there is a growing movement to give rivers “personhood” and to afford them the same protections as people and human communities. While countries have been careless and reckless in extending such rights to corporate entities, applying such approaches to the natural eco-systems on which all life depends may help to re-balance and correct this. – David Thornley
“The Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) runs nearly 300 kilometres in Québec’s Côte-Nord region. The river is culturally significant for the Innu and it is popular with white water paddlers and rafters. Despite efforts to protect the river, Muteshekau Shipu continues to be threatened by potential new hydroelectric dam development […]“
