Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand
Rights of Nature (RoN) approaches as a tool to protect ecosystems and nature is gaining growing attention in academic and societal debates. Despite this new momentum, theoretical work is increasingly pointing out major problems and uncertainties related to such approaches. Inspired by this critica...
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| author | Marco Immovilli Susanne Reitsma Regine Roncucci Elisabet Dueholm Rasch Dik Roth |
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| description | Rights of Nature (RoN) approaches as a tool to protect ecosystems and nature is gaining growing
attention in academic and societal debates. Despite this new momentum, theoretical work is increasingly pointing
out major problems and uncertainties related to such approaches. Inspired by this critical work, the paper considers
RoN as a type of intervention that competes with those of other actors for the control of, and decision-making
power over, natural resources. To understand the implications of such interventions, it is necessary to investigate
how they shape, and are shaped by, local context. To that end, we look at Rights of Rivers (RoR) cases in New
Zealand, Colombia and India. Investigating these well-researched cases, we aim to tease out the material and
discursive contestations that emerge from the establishment and implementation of RoR interventions. We then
propose an analytical approach that has emerged from our fieldwork and which can be useful in identifying the
conflicts and contestations underpinning RoR.
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| spelling | doaj.art-728504c4d46940ea8207c22bd8b73c6e2022-12-22T04:32:12ZengWater Alternatives AssociationWater Alternatives1965-01752022-10-01153574591Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New ZealandMarco Immovilli0Susanne Reitsma1Regine Roncucci2Elisabet Dueholm Rasch3Dik Roth4Wageningen UniversityMinistry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The HagueIndependent researcher, Brussels, BelgiumWageningen UniversityWageningen UniversityRights of Nature (RoN) approaches as a tool to protect ecosystems and nature is gaining growing attention in academic and societal debates. Despite this new momentum, theoretical work is increasingly pointing out major problems and uncertainties related to such approaches. Inspired by this critical work, the paper considers RoN as a type of intervention that competes with those of other actors for the control of, and decision-making power over, natural resources. To understand the implications of such interventions, it is necessary to investigate how they shape, and are shaped by, local context. To that end, we look at Rights of Rivers (RoR) cases in New Zealand, Colombia and India. Investigating these well-researched cases, we aim to tease out the material and discursive contestations that emerge from the establishment and implementation of RoR interventions. We then propose an analytical approach that has emerged from our fieldwork and which can be useful in identifying the conflicts and contestations underpinning RoR. https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol15/v15issue3/673-a15-3-2/filerights of naturerights of riversvalue of natureecocentrismdimensions of contestationwater governancesocionaturewhanganuiatratoganga |
| spellingShingle | Marco Immovilli Susanne Reitsma Regine Roncucci Elisabet Dueholm Rasch Dik Roth Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand Water Alternatives rights of nature rights of rivers value of nature ecocentrism dimensions of contestation water governance socionature whanganui atrato ganga |
| title | Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand |
| title_full | Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand |
| title_short | Exploring contestation in rights of river approaches: Comparing Colombia, India and New Zealand |
| title_sort | exploring contestation in rights of river approaches comparing colombia india and new zealand |
| topic | rights of nature rights of rivers value of nature ecocentrism dimensions of contestation water governance socionature whanganui atrato ganga |
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