This river in Canada is now a ‘legal person’ Jillian Kestler-D Amours © The Magpie River, a 300km waterway in the Cote Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec, was r. The Magpie River, a 300km waterway in the Cote Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec, was recognised as a legal person in February [Courtesy Uapukun Metokosho/International Observatory on the Rights of Nature]
Montreal, Canada – Jean-Charles Pietacho says the belief that nature is a living thing that must be respected, has been at the heart of the Innu people’s way of life for generations.
But now, that idea has been applied in a new way as the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit in February recognised the Magpie River, a 300km (186 miles) waterway in the Cote Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec, as a “legal person”.
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