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We HAVE a charter for the River Char

Please read it and sign it! To find out more about what a charter means and how it might work please see below.

Our charter 

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Charter designed by Eva Goolden
Our Charter sets out our vision for the River Char. Anyone can sign it to support the river and our bold aim to establish in law the rights of the river to be unpolluted and protected in law.

​We want as many people (residents, visitors and friends of the river) as possible to sign it. You can sign digitally on this page.

We also have a Declaration of Rights for the River Char (also beautifully designed by Eva Goolden) based on the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Rivers and a draft covenant for the River Char.
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Here's a framework to explain how they fit together.

    I hereby sign the River Char Charter

Sign

  • We ask for your name and postcode so we can verify that you are a real person. It gives our Charter credibility.
  • We will never release your details to any third party. 
  • If you add your email , we will send you news about the river. You can remove your name from the list at any time.

Information about other river charters and the 'rights of nature' movement 

  • ​Rights of Nature & the Future of Water
  • River Action UK's Charter for Rivers
  • Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights. Now they need people who will defend these rights in court
  • ​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
  • ​River Dart: Charter​
  • River Ouse: Campaign for River Rights
  • River Ouse: Charter
  • River Ouse: Env. Law Foundation article
  • Emma Montlake on River Charters and the River Ouse
  • Friends of the River Exe
  • Friends of the River Wye
  • Rave on for the Avon​
  • River Whanganui



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