Rights for La Bievre River in Paris

Reader Contribution by Darlene May Lee and Earth Law Center
Published on September 24, 2018
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La Bievre in 1768 Source: Hubert Robert [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Centuries of overuse and abuse from the businesses that depended on the Bièvre polluted it so badly that it became a health hazard for Parisians. By 1912, the Parisian half of the river was completely concealed. Today it is a sad part of Parisian sewage systems.

“Earth Law Center is proud to work with Valerie Cabanes, Notre Affaire à Tous (NAAT), and others leaders in France to daylight the Bievre River in the enforcement of its right to be free” said Grant Wilson, Directing Attorney of Earth Law Center. “We also hope that daylighting the Bievre will inspire other communities to restore their entombed rivers,” notes Wilson.

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