David
despite the ABC's agenda, I suggest the lower Darling would be in
exactly the same condition today if Europeans had never settled
Australia. It was always reduced to stagnant pools in drought years.
Lindsay Nothrop
On 08-Mar-19 3:17 PM, David Rees wrote:
> An interesting program discussing the concept of 'legal personhood' to
> nature and natural things, a concept common to many indigenous
> cultures. Its already been enacted several times now into law in New
> Zealand in recent years, borrowing heavily from Maori concepts, and
> done by the previous right of centre Government there.
>
> https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/giving-legal-rights-to-nature/10812836
>
> One standout for me was the concept to codify into law the 'rights of
> a river simply to be a river'. One can only think of the poor
> Darling.........
>
> David
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