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Fighting for Free Flowing Rivers in Patagonia - Episode 17 (with Pía Weber Salazar)

1 tim 50 min•26 februari 2026

In this episode we are joined by lawyer and activist Pía Weber Salazar who discusses her collective work securing legal protections for free flowing rivers in Chile. Pía explains how communities and activist coalitions are working together to protect entire river systems. This work focuses on the implementation of water flow reserves in the Futalefú and Puelo Rivers in Chilean Patagonia, where almost all of the rivers' flow is now protected, despite fierce competition from extractive industries and fragmented regulations. Pía emphasises how legal, community, academic and advocacy efforts can come together to secure better futures for rivers and related communities, and identifies the challenges that lie ahead.  As always, Cristy and Liz round off with recent developments in environmental law, including new developments in climate litigation from Europe, Australia and Aotearoa, the ongoing legal battle against nitrate polution in Canterbury, and large-scale resource management reforms underway in Aotearoa. 

Futaleufú and Puelo Become Chile’s First Protected Rivers

Towards a Holistic Environmental Flow Regime in Chile

Towards durable legal protections for rivers in Chile

Evolving rights to (and of) water in Chile

No more ministry for the Environment

Assessment framework for carbon removals

Changes to National Direction under the RMA

MACA litigation

Freshwater litigation in Canterbury

ELI v ECan

Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy and Resources

Oxford Water Network 

Talking about Methods | Frontiers of Sociolegal Studies

WATER SHELF PODCAST: "Legal Geographies of Water" by Cristy Clark

Asmania et al. vs Holcim - ECCHR: Rising sea levels: An island fights against its demise 

ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2026:1347, Rechtbank Den Haag, C/09/659832 / HA ZA 24-53 (English translation)

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