The rapid emergence of rights of Nature over the past decade across multiple contexts has fostered increasing awareness, recognition, and, ultimately, acceptance of rights of Nature by the global community. Yet, too often, both scholarly publications and news articles bury the lede – namely, that the most transformative cases of rights of Nature have been consistently influenced and often actually led by Indigenous peoples. In this article we explore the ontologies of rights of Nature and earth jurisprudence, and the intersections of these movements with the leadership of Indigenous peoples in claiming and giving effect to their own rights (while acknowledging that not all Indigenous peoples support rights of Nature). Based on early observations, we discern an emerging trend of increased efficacy, longevity, and transformative potential being linked to a strongly pluralist approach of lawmaking and environmental management. A truly transformative and pluralist ecological jurisprudence can be achieved only by enabling, and empowering, Indigenous leadership.

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停止埋葬 Lede：土著法律在创造自然权利中的重要作用

在过去十年中，自然权利在多种背景下迅速出现，促进了全球社会对自然权利的认识、认可和最终接受程度的提高。然而，学术出版物和新闻文章往往都掩盖了这一问题——即最具变革性的自然权利案例一直受到原住民的影响，而且往往实际上是由原住民领导的。在本文中，我们探讨了自然权利和地球法理学的本体论，以及这些运动与土著人民在主张和实施自己的权利方面的领导作用的交叉点（同时承认并非所有土著人民都支持自然权利）。根据早期观察，我们发现了一种新趋势，即提高功效、寿命、变革潜力与立法和环境管理的高度多元化方法相关联。只有通过支持和授权土著领导，才能实现真正变革性和多元化的生态法学。