La moda de los derechos de la naturaleza: consideraciones críticas

• Lieselotte Viaene ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 204, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La Política y el Derecho en la encrucijada ecológica), págs. 299-326
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.18042/cepc/rep.204.10
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The hype of Rights of Nature: Critical considerations
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  • español

    El mundo ya no puede negar que el planeta está al borde de una catástrofe. Mientras científicos de distintos campos y de todo el mundo debaten las causas, los impactos, los retos y las soluciones de la llegada del Antropoceno, un nuevo tiempo geológico inducido por el ser humano, el campo del derecho no puede quedarse atrás. En este contexto, los derechos de la naturaleza (RoN), una propuesta que busca otorgar personalidad jurídica a la naturaleza y sus elementos (como los ríos), se han constituido en un marco jurídico transnacional emergente que está rápidamente ganando terreno entre los juristas euroamericanos como nueva herramienta para combatir la destrucción del ambiente. Basado en reflexiones derivadas de un trabajo etnográfico de colaboración a largo plazo con comunidades indígenas en el marco de diferentes proyectos de investigación, este artículo pretende desvelar de forma crítica y empírica varias preocupaciones y puntos ciegos sobre el efecto «bola de nieve» de los RoN en todo el mundo. Se discute, en especial, las posiciones que sostienen que esta nueva propuesta legal está arraigada en los estilos de vida y puntos de vista indígenas sobre la naturaleza y el ambiente.

  • English

    The world can no longer deny that the planet is on the brink of catastrophe. While scientists from various fields and around the world debate the causes, impacts, challenges, and solutions to the arrival of the Anthropocene, a new geological era induced by humans, the field of law can not stay behind. Rights of Nature (RoN), which grant legal personality to nature and its elements, such as rivers, constitute an emerging transnational legal framework rapidly gaining ground among Euro-American legal scholars and practitioners as a new tool to combat environmental destruction. Based on reflections derived from long-term collaborative ethnographic work with Indigenous communities through research projects different, this article aims to critically and empirically unveil several interrelated concerns and blind spots at this snowballing moment of RoN worldwide. This includes considerations regarding claims that this new legal proposal is rooted in indigenous lifestyles and perspectives on nature and the environment.

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