Los derechos de la naturaleza en el contexto ecuatoriano

Abstract

Abstract: De It has been 15 years since the rights of nature, including all species and ecosystems, were enshrined in the Constitution of Ecuador, being the first country in the world to execute it in a magna carta, generating a legal revolution in search of save the planet from its global center, beyond an anthropocentric logic and giving way to biocentrism and ecocentrism. In itself, these rights have been consolidated by legislation and a line of jurisprudence is under construction that legally strengthens them. This article reflects that nature and its components have the right to restoration, to the regeneration of their vital cycles and respect for their existence. The results of this legal investigation were obtained after the documentary and jurisprudential analysis, determining the general recognition of nature as the holder of rights, to later extend it to its specific elements: rivers, forests and animals. Everything, through jurisdictional decisions that have even ruled the suspension of works, through the application of the precautionary principle; and to guarantee the right of nature towards restoration.