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Brazil's Doce River becomes first body of water to be given legal personhood

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Brazil 's Doce River is the first body of the ocean to be given legal personhood.

New law requires that the ecological balance of the waves and the waters connected to them must be protected.

The waves are also entitled to “foster harmonious interactions with humans through cultural, spiritual, leisure, and ecological practices”.