Axel Borchgrevink is a social anthropologist and professor of Development Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. He has worked on economic development, political processes and sociocultural issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and is project leader for the research project Riverine Rights: The Currents and Consequences of legal innovations on the rights of rivers.
Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: Collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act
In 2017, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand was given the rights of a legal person under the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017.
April 16, 2024