The first river with rights in Spain: the residents of a municipality in Coruña commit to protecting it from aggression

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The first river with rights in Spain: the residents of a municipality in Coruña commit to protecting it from aggression

The Tins River has a “right to life and existence as a balanced ecosystem”, to be clean, to have its riverbank restored with native species and the removal of invasive species, to flow “freely and unimpeded” and to have the heritage it houses disseminated and transmitted between generations. It is the first in Spain with recognized rights. A declaration approved by the Council of Outes (A Coruña) details 10 and adds 14 commitments that residents…