We're working on a charter for the River Char

 For more information about what a charter means, benefits it offers and how it might work please read the drafts on this page and see 'Our Sources' for further information.

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Our draft charter(s) 

We have drafted two charters  for the River Char.

• One is a Charter based on the River Dart charter (see sources on this page).
• The other is a Declaration of Rights for the River Char based on the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Rivers.

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Now we need local residents, schools, farmers and river lovers to get involved in discussing them, fine-tuning them and agreeing which version to use. Will you help? Please use the Contact form to get in touch and we'll arrange a meeting.​

Our Sources 

• ​Rights of Nature & the Future of Water
• River Action UK's Charter for Rivers
• ​Lawyers for Nature
• ​Earth Law Center’s Universal Declaration of River Rights
• The Guardian: Laws of nature: could UK rivers be given the same rights as people?
• ​Paul Powlesland: recognising Nature Rights (video talk)
• Universal declaration of the Rights of Rivers
• Part of the Ocean Has Been Granted Legal Personhood
• Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans?
• Universal Declaration on the Rights of Rivers
• River Avon: Charter
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• ​River Dart: Charter

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• River Ouse: Campaign for River Rights
• River Ouse: Charter
• Emma Montlake on River Charters and the River Ouse

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• Rave on for the Avon

 

• River Whanganui