River Goddesses, Personhood and Rights of Nature: Implications for Spiritual Ecology

Designating rights for nature is a potentially powerful way to open up the dialogue on nature conservation around the world and provide enforcement power for an ecocentric approach. Experiments using a rights-based framework have combined in-country perspectives, worldviews, and practices with legal...

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Main Author: Alley, Kelly D. 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B spiritual ecology
B rights of nature
B Ganga
B Hinduism
B Yamuna
B Rivers
B India
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