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International Recognition for the Protection of the Magpie River

The Muteshekau-shipu Alliance is pleased to announce that the Magpie River has been registered as an Indigenous and Community Conserved Area (ICCA), an internationally recognized status for the conservation of Indigenous territory. It is the first territory in Canada to achieve ICCA status, the result of an initiative announced by the Alliance last December. ....

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A Canadian River Has Been Legally Declared A Person & It's A First For This Country


A Canadian River Has Been Legally Declared A Person & It s A First For This Country
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In a Canadian first, the Magpie River in Quebec has now been legally declared a person.
Also known as Muteshekau-shipu in the Innu language, the river has been granted legal personhood through resolutions by the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality. 
This is the first time this has happened in Canada.
It s part of a global movement active in New Zealand, the U.S. and Ecuador that aims to recognize the rights of nature.  
According to Alliance Muteshekau-shipu, the protection of the river has been agreed on regionally but not by Hydro-Québec because of its hydroelectric potential. ....

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