Book launch: The Politics of Riverine Rights

Welcome to the launch of the book The Politics of Riverine Rights – Environmental Struggles in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia and India (Routledge, open access).

The book stems from the international research project Rivers as (Legal) Persons: A Study of Experiences with and Implications of Granting Rights to Nature and describes the outcomes of giving rivers in these countries legal persona.

Book editors: Axel Borchgrevink and Malene Karensdatter Brandshaug.

Program

Moderator: Andrew P. Kroglund

Part 1 (in English)

• Presentation of the book, Axel Borchgrevink (OsloMet)
  Themes and findings in the book. A conversation with three of the contributors:
   
  • Miriama Cribb from Aotearoa, New Zealand
  • Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta from Eafit, Colombia
  • John McNeish from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Part 2 (Norwegian)

• Førdefjorden: Legal protection of nature and the usefulness of experiences with river rights in a Norwegian context. 
  Malene K. Brandshaug (OsloMet)
   
• Panel debate with representatives from environmental organizations and environmental law.
  
  Before the Supreme Court’s hearing of the fjord lawsuit in April: 
  • What possibilities does current legislation offer for protecting Førdefjorden?
  • Would the possibilities have been greater if nature had legal rights?

Streaming: Some or all of the event may be streamed. TBC.