Is a River Alive?

<From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding

At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings - who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law.< Is a River Alive?< takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.

The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.

Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.

And finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river - the Mutehekau or Magpie - is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.

At once Macfarlane''s most personal and most political book to date,
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Product details

• Authors: Robert Macfarlane
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.03.2026
• EAN: 9780241998212
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99821-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, Political Ideologies, Quebec, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, Ecuador, India, natural history, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Physical geography & topography, Human Geography, Rivers and lakes, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism, Southern India, Limnology (Freshwater)