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To discover the 'rights of a river', first think like a river
Sinha,Debadityo
http://www.theecologist.org/essays/2988967/to_discover_the_rights_of_a_river_first_think_like_a_river.htmlDate Written: 2017-05-22 Publisher: The Ecologist Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20934 There is a growing global movement to recognise the rights of rivers. But rights alone are not enough. We must love and respect rivers, and even think like rivers to understand the vital functions they perform within landscapes and ecosystems, and so discover where their 'best interests' truly lie. And then we must be willing to act: protecting rivers and restoring them to health and wholeness. |