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Rights of Nature in an ‘Eco-constitution’: Needs, Goals, and Hopes for a Paradigm Change in Environmental Governance

Year: 2025

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The proposed constitution included Rights of Nature (RoN) provisions, building on Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution and experiences found in over 30 countries worldwide. Had the constitution been approved, Chile would have become the third country with national RoN. This chapter argues that RoN are an idea whose time has come, with a long history and wide-ranging philosophical foundations in Indigenous and Western thought. In Chile, RoN drew on these varied traditions to integrate RoN into what activists, lawyers, and CC members called the Eco-constitution. This sought to lay the foundations for state responsibility for environmental stewardship, expand access to environmental justice, and make environmental rights transversal.

Source: Springer eBooks

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75690-0_4

Author: Javiera Barandiaran

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Language: English

Topic: Environmental law and policy

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: University of California, Santa Barbara