Essays about: "Whanganui"

Found 3 essays containing the word Whanganui.

1. 1. Justifying Legal Rights of Nature : An ideational analysis of the Te Awa Tupua Bill debate in New Zealand

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nanna Friman; [2021]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature; Legal Personality; Whanganui;

   Abstract : In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand gained legal personality, a potentially norm-breaking legislation that could challenge society to view nature differently. It is thus important to understand the reasons and justifications behind such a decision. READ MORE

3. 2. Rights of Nature: The current state and potential of implementation of an ecocentric environmental management approach in an anthropocentric society. A comparative case study of the Atrato River in Colombia and the Whanganui River in New Zealand

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Elin Walther; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainability Science; Environmental Management; Rights of Nature; Power; Indigenous Peoples; New Zealand; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis exists within the debate of sustainable environmental management, examining the potential of rights of nature in overcoming problems caused by the current neoliberal conservation paradigm such as inequalities in power, lack in indigenous inclusion, as well as using contextually inappropriate approaches. In examining this a qualitative comparative case study research design is applied on the cases of the Atrato River in Colombia and the Whanganui River in New Zealand. READ MORE

4. 3. Testing the (legal) waters: interpreting the political representation of a river with rights in New Zealand : “let’s talk to the river, instead of talking about the river”

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Wouter Blankestijn; Anna Martin; [2018]
   Keywords : earth jurisprudence; rights of nature; political representation; ecocentrism; human-nature communication; river management; indigenous justice; environmental justice; communicative ethic; thematic analysis; New Zealand;

   Abstract : In 2017, after protracted litigation between Māori iwi (tribe) and the Crown, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was granted the status of a ‘legal person’. The river is described as an indivisible and living whole, so-called Te Awa Tupua. READ MORE