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Protection through property: from private to river-held rights |
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| Authors: | Anne De Vries-Stotijn Ilon Van Ham Kees Bastmeijer |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Private Law, Tilburg University, Netherlandsa.devries@uvt.nl;3. Department of Private Law, Tilburg University, Netherlands;4. Department of European and International Public law, Tilburg University, Netherlands |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis article explores how private owners can protect bodies of water through private property rights. It compares the use of conventional property rights in the Netherlands and New Zealand with a novel approach whereby a New Zealand river owns itself. |
| Keywords: | Property rights private nature conservation ownership by river human-nature relationships Netherlands New Zealand |