The most important news on water and sanitation from around the world, defending water as a common, public good and a human right.
A river runs through us
Robert Macfarlane asks: Is a r... Read More
Through a tribal-wide vote, the Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia has become the first Tribal Nation in the U.S. to adopt a Tribal Constitution that recognizes the constitutional rights of nature. The ne... Read More
A river in Washington State now has enforceable legal rights. Voters in Everett, a community of about 110,000, enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish into municipal law as ... Read More
A new documentary, “Drowned Land,” explores the Choctaw-led effort to put tribal heritage above profit. Women Are Leading the Effort to Protect Sacred Water:
The kwek, the women of my trib... Read More
In the former colonies integrated into the French Republic, the access to drinking water is a health and environmental emergency.
Claire Hédon, Human Rights Defender, and her deputy Éric Delemar, Def... Read More
Nunavut’s federal representative acted as an advocate for Canada’s First Nations earlier this month, criticizing a lack of consultation over a bill aimed at improving access to clean water. Bill... Read More
Katie Hobbs, governor of Arizona, signed two tribal settlements this week, ending decades of conflict and litigation that impacted tribes, cities, farmers, companies and citizens for 50 years.
Governo... Read More
31 October 2023, María Teresa Infante Caffi, Chilean judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, held the FAO LAW LECTURE 2023 at the University of Chile. She is a diplomat and previou... Read More
South Australians along the River Murray have spoken up about a possible critically endangered listing. A Ngarrindjeri elder in the state’s south says the whole river system needs the listing to... Read More
