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Groundbreaking law grants legal personhood to one vital river: 'It is a living being for us'

“There are many generations to come, so the elders protect the water."

Coastal News Today | Brazil - If corporations can legally be people, why not rivers?

A Brazilian municipality passed a groundbreaking law that designates the Komi Memem River and its tributaries as living entities with rights.

Amazon Indigenous leader succeeds in passing law granting personhood to endangered river

Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

GUAJARA-MIRIM, Brazil — On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while

Amazon city grants personhood to river

In late June, the Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim approved a law that designates the Komi Memem River “as a living entity and subject to rights.”