"Indigenous Leader Inspires Amazon City to Grant Endangered River Personhood"
An Indigenous councilman in Guajara-Mirim, Brazil, has successfully proposed a groundbreaking law that grants personhood status to the Komi Memem River and its tributaries, making it the first river in the Brazilian Amazon to receive such recognition. The law aims to protect the river and its surrounding forest from encroachment by soybean cultivation and illegal deforestation. The Wari' people, who have inhabited the Western Amazon for centuries, are resorting to the white man's law to defend their land and resources. The law comes as South American governments gather to discuss ways to preserve the Amazon rainforest and protect Indigenous peoples.