Somewhat overstated, but yet again we see humans quicker to grant rights to rivers, mountains, ecosystems, or forests than to other animals. The river gets rights against being polluted by industrial chicken farming, the chickens themselves get ignored. Dispiriting.
River Wye formally recognised as living ecosystem with intrinsic rights
Grumpy Philosopher
Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel
The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river.
The charter was celebrated at a community event at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival on Sunday. It includes the right to flow, to biodiversity, to be free from pollution, to be supported by a healthy catchment, to regenerate, and the right to be represented, described as a “significant step” towards protecting and restoring one of the UK’s most beloved rivers. Continue reading...
