Rights of Nature and Their Implementation

Abstract

This paper passes in review the different pieces of legislation and court judgments which were issued until now as regards rights of nature, and critically comments on their impact. In a first section, the legislation, including the constitutional texts of some countries, will be presented. In a second section, the implementation of the different measures will be discussed, also with a view, whether the EU could learn from the trend to give natural assets rights of their own. Short concluding remarks will end the contribution.