Should Rights for Rivers Be on the Agenda for the 2019 Elections?  The WireAs several countries rally around the idea of legal rights for natural resources, can a similar status be granted to the Ganga?

US lake wins its own 'human rights' in landmark ruling  The TelegraphResidents on the shores of Lake Erie, the 11th largest lake in the world, have voted in favour of handing the body of water the same legal rights as a human ...

Lake Erie Bill of Rights passes in Toledo, Ohio special election  Vox.comIt started in a pub. A handful of people, hunched over beers in Toledo, Ohio, were talking about a water crisis that had plagued the city in 2014. The pollution of ...

Can a river be a legal person?  Dhaka TribuneRecently, the court decision bestowed legal personality to the Turag River. Yes, the court can do that. And, yes, rivers too can be persons. The legal ...

$3 million grant funds study of Colombian river contamination, effects on locals  FIU NewsOne of the largest rivers in Latin America, the Atrato River in Colombia has been tainted by decades of illegal mining, leading to mercury contamination.

Boulder Rights of Nature looks to ignite a new environmental rights movement  Boulder Daily CameraCorporations in America have long enjoyed many of the same rights as human beings, but the environment has always been "property.

Recognizing the rights of nature  Toledo BladeAround the world, people are working hard to protect their local communities and local ecosystems from the destructive impacts of excessive industrial ...

Lake Erie Bill of Rights moves closer to ballot  Port Clinton News HeraldTOLEDO - Toledo City Council voted unanimously this week to place the proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights law onto the ballot for a vote in February. The Lake ...

The rights of nature gaining ground  OpenGlobalRightsThe human right to a healthy environment is gaining ground, with more than 90 countries having enshrined it in law. For example, Article 14 of the Ecuador ...

What does it mean to grant a natural feature the rights of legal personhood?  Landscape NewsBONN, Germany (Landscape News) — When you are there, it does not seem too much of a stretch to say that the Whanganui River catchment on New Zealand's ...

Should Rights for Rivers Be on the Agenda for the 2019 Elections?  The WireAs several countries rally around the idea of legal rights for natural resources, can a similar status be granted to the Ganga?

Shareholder takes potshot at wee drams that cost £200  The TimesAn activist shareholder in Cenkos Securities, the troubled City stockbroker, has been left in need of a stiff drink after learning of one outgoing director's ...

Atrato appoints senior adviser  Private Equity WireSupermarket Income bags retail expertise of Justin King  Citywire Financial PublishersEx-Sainsbury's CEO to advise property investor  Financial NewsSupermarket Income REIT Advisor Appoints Former...  MorningstarView full coverage on Google News

Colombia Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) begins its work in Chocó and Urabá - Colombia  ReliefWebThe following is a summary of information provided by the JEP in Spanish, which can be found_ here._. On 4 March 2019, communities from the Humanitarian ...

US lake wins its own 'human rights' in landmark ruling  The TelegraphResidents on the shores of Lake Erie, the 11th largest lake in the world, have voted in favour of handing the body of water the same legal rights as a human ...

SMALL CAP IDEAS: Supermarket Income REIT’s copper-bottomed returns hit the mark for SIPP  Daily MailSet up two years ago to take advantage of the consistently steady performance of grocery retail, the trust specialises in copper-bottomed supermarket assets.

AGI proposes special fund for women entrepreneurs  Graphic OnlineThe Vice Chairperson of the Eastern and Volta regional branch of the Association of Ghana Industries(AGI), Mrs Lucy Tenkorang, has appealed to the ...

$3 million grant funds study of Colombian river contamination, effects on locals  FIU NewsOne of the largest rivers in Latin America, the Atrato River in Colombia has been tainted by decades of illegal mining, leading to mercury contamination.

SVA MA Curatorial Practice's Major Year-End Exhibitions for Spring 2019  HyperallergicFive exhibitions and one symposium telling stories on undocumented immigrants, expression and censorship, queer artists and the AIDS crisis, the armed ...

The Waste of War | Loss of HMS Viknor off Tory Island  Coast MonkeyOn January 13th 1915, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Viknor was lost off Tory Island, Donegal. The ship went down without even a distress signal being ...