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Rights of nature law is the codification and other implementations of the legal and jurisprudential theory of the rights of nature. This legal school of thought describes inherent rights as associated with ecosystems and species, similar to the concept of fundamental human rights.[1][2][3][4]
The early 2000s saw a significant expansion of rights of nature law, in the form of constitutional provisions, treaty agreements, national and subnational statutes, local laws, and court decisions.[5] As of 2021, nature's rights laws exist in 17 countries,[6][7][8] including in Canada,[9] seven Tribal Nations in the U.S. and Canada, and dozens of cities and counties throughout the United States.[10][11][12] The total number of countries with either existing or pending rights of nature legal provisions was 28 as of 2019.[5][7]