A Plea to Recognize the Legal Rights of the Maas River
I am advocating for a new legal status for the Maas in the hope that it becomes the first river in Europe with rights.
Jessica den Outer
April 16, 2021
As a child, I frequently visited the Maas River in the Netherlands with my father. I loved listening to the sounds of flowing water, the birds singing and the leaves crunching beneath my feet as we walked alongside the river. At that age I was not aware of the challenges that the river was facing. Back then, I could not have imagined that two decades later I would be advocating for this river’s rights.