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"Paris’s Seine could be the next river granted legal personhood under plans
announced by Mayor Anne Hidalgo yesterday.
Paris City Council has called on Parliament to pass a law giving the River
Seine rights, so that "an independent guardian authority” can defend it in
court, according to yesterday’s resolution.
It follows a swell of similar ‘rights for nature’ breakthroughs since New
Zealand first recognised the Whanganui River as a living entity in 2017. And is
another step forward in Paris’s bid to protect the Seine from pollution.
“From the reclamation of the banks in 2016 to the historic swimming in the
Seine during the Paris Games, to the improvement of water quality, we have
never stopped acting to restore our river to its rightful place!” Hidalgo wrote
in a LinkedIn post yesterday."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
