UDTR — Radar mondial des droits de la Nature

Rights of nature in global perspective: legal pathways and policy implications

Identification

Clé publique

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2026.1647205

Auteurs

Carmen Arreaga-Vicuña · Mara José Blum-Moarry · David Hoyos-Valarezo · José Díaz-Montenegro · Ana Elizabeth Miranda Romero · Javier Chiliquinga-Amaya · Marco Faytong-Haro · Patricio Álvarez-Muñoz

Année déclarée

2026

Langue déclarée

en

Type source

article

Première détection

2026-11-09T19:04:47.521796+00:00

Dernière observation des métadonnées

2026-11-10T16:58:51.314098+00:00

Dernière vérification HTTP

Non effectuée

Institutions déclarées par la source

Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador · Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Educación, Comercial y Derecho, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Milagro, Guayas, Ecuador · Facultad de Derecho, Política y Desarrollo, Universidad Espiritu Santo, Samborondon, Guayas, Ecuador · Facultad de Investigación, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Milagro, Guayas, Ecuador · Universidad Agraria del Ecuador · Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador · Universidad Espíritu Santo · Universidad Estatal de Milagro

Pays d’affiliation déclarés

EC

Résumé documentaire — langue originale

This Policy and Practice Review maps the global evolution of Rights of Nature (RoN) frameworks, legal approaches that treat ecosystems as rights-bearing subjects rather than objects of regulation for human benefit. Using a structured scoping review of primary legal instruments (constitutional texts, statutes, and apex/high-court decisions) and corroborated secondary sources (2005–2025; English and Spanish), we comparatively analyze six landmark jurisdictions (Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, India, New Zealand, and Spain) and situate them within broader regional trajectories. We identify three recurring pathways to RoN recognition: (1) constitutional entrenchment, (2) legislative/statutory enactment (often ecosystem-specific), and (3) court-driven recognition through public trust, parens patriae, and related doctrines. Across pathways, effective implementation depends less on the declaration of personhood alone than on institutional design, especially guardianship arrangements, procedural standing, and enforceable remedies. Comparative evidence shows persistent enforcement gaps where RoN norms collide with extractive political economies, fragmented sectoral laws, limited institutional capacity, and doctrinal ambiguity about the content of nature’s rights. We synthesize practice-oriented strategies that have emerged across cases, including integrating RoN into environmental impact assessment and licensing systems, establishing independent ecological ombuds/defender offices, funding and protecting guardians, and creating compliance and monitoring mechanisms for restoration orders. The review concludes that RoN can strengthen biodiversity and climate governance when embedded within existing environmental institutions and aligned with Indigenous relational worldviews and community participation.

Identifiants

DOI

10.3389/fenvs.2026.1647205

OPENALEX

W7138869568

ISSN

2296-665X

OPENAIRE

doi_________::55ed887628b224f55e5dddbf99de261a

Repères documentaires

Famille documentaire

Doctrine

Types déclarés par les sources

Article · article

Juridictions étudiées — sources explicites

BO · CO · EC · ES · IN · NZ

Entités naturelles mentionnées

Écosystème

Les mentions d’entités ne constituent pas une preuve de reconnaissance juridique. La juridiction étudiée est distincte du pays d’affiliation des auteurs.

Sources

DOAJ · Document 1 · Document 2

OpenAIRE · Document 1

OpenAlex · Document 1 · Document 2

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1647205
• Document · https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1647205/full
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W7138869568

Relations bibliographiques documentées

Références et liens déclarés par les sources ; ils ne constituent pas une preuve juridique ni une qualification UGLC. Affichage limité à 20 références sortantes.

• openalex:w2035350919 · CITES
• openalex:w2172844538 · CITES
• openalex:w2889061648 · CITES
• Constructing Rights of Nature Norms in the US, Ecuador, and New Zealand · CITES
• River Goddesses, Personhood and Rights of Nature: Implications for Spiritual Ecology · CITES
• openalex:w3091056572 · CITES
• Should Trees have Standing?— Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects · CITES
• Los dos caminos del reconocimiento de los derechos de la naturaleza en América Latina · CITES
• Science and the legal rights of nature · CITES
• The rights of nature and the human right to nature: an overview of the European legal system and challenges for the ecological transition · CITES
• Creating Synergies between International Law and Rights of Nature · CITES
• Rights of nature and rivers in Ecuador’s Constitutional Court · CITES

3 références entrantes au sein du corpus détecté

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