This river is legally a “person”

In this episode of the BBC Earth Podcast, we’re getting glimpses
into brave new worlds, advancing into unfamiliar territories and
breaking new ground. We’re pushing at the frontiers between us
and the natural world.


In New Zealand there is a river so integral to the history of the
Maori people, it has just been granted "personhood". It has been
a fight fought for 140 years but finally, this giver of life and
symbol of rich history has the same legal rights as the human
beings that love it so much. This week we reveal stories of
discovery from tiny tales of moss to the unexplored and vast
ocean floor. We listen to James, a rhino keeper who talks about
the plight of a species which is "functionally extinct": the
Northern White Rhino. There are only two left in the world but
conservation scientists have hope; using Southern White Rhinos as
surrogates, the scientists are taking on a pioneering mission to
bring the species to term.


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