El Heraldo: Rights of Nature granted to the Atrato River in Colombia

This article appeared in El Heraldo on May 3, 2017

In Colombia, it is the first time that rights are granted to a river, to resources as such, beyond people and communities.

As a historical landmark, Ximena González described the ruling of the Constitutional Court that declared for the first time that a river “is subject of rights” and ordered the protection and immediate conservation of the Atrato River, its basin and tributaries, run by the State. MORE…