As highlighted above, for RoN to be truly transformative it has to be built on grounded imaginations of what people would articulate as ‘rights’. Along with a strong conservation angle, it has to have the goals of direct democracy, local and bioregional economies, cultural diversity, human well-being, and ecological resilience at the core of its vision. Without keeping the intersectionality and holistic imagination of transformations, it stands the risk of being appropriated.
Shrishtee Bajpai, “Rivers and Rights: Rights of Nature and Systemic Transformations in India,” Heinrich Böll Stiftung, January 30, 2025.
