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Empowering nature / director, Susan Fleming ; producers, Susan Fleming, Kim O'Bomsawin.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Fleming, Susan, director, producer.
O'Bomsawin, Kim, 1983- producer.
Cullis-Suzuki, Sarika, narrator.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nature.
Rights of nature.
Rivers--Canada.
Rivers.
Rivers--Québec.
Water conservation.
Ecosystem management.
Environmental protection.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (46 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2025.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
Should Nature have rights? The beautiful Magpie River is Canada's first natural phenomenon to be granted legal personhood.? Home to endangered caribou, lynx, wolverines and osprey; the fast-flowing waters of this pristine river have long been threatened by hydro development.? At a time when only 1/3rd of the world's wild rivers remain free-flowing, will "personhood" status protect?The Magpie?
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed April 28, 2025).
OCLC:
1513324542

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