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Is a river alive? / Robert Macfarlane

by Robert Macfarlane

This work examines the movement to recognise rivers as living beings with legal rights. It explores environmental campaigns in Ecuador, India, and Quebec, analysing the implications of granting personhood to waterbodies to protect them from mining and damming.

Accession 28690 ISBN 9780241624814 Publisher Hamish Hamilton
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