A new paradigmatic shift in confronting the climactic endgame of the Anthropocene in Asia is in order. Scientific studies warned that Asia would become the epicentre of anthropogenic catastrophes and environmental disasters in the world. As the outgoing Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) president, I wish to contribute to critical discussions on two issues: (1) Earth Jurisprudence and (2) the Rights of Nature. These legal concepts must be critically examined, discussed, and developed by socio-legal researchers and policy-makers in order to avert the impending crises of the Anthropocene in Asia. This report examines the recent development of a robust movement toward Earth Jurisprudence in multiple countries of Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific—that is, countries that have recently enshrined the concept of the Rights of Nature into their legal system through transforming nature into rights-bearing entities in order to protect them from harmful human activities. Failing any significant remedial measures, many Asian cities, shores, and coastlines, including the archipelagos of multiple island states in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean may soon disappear due to the many decades of egregious human activities of industrialized countries and the corporate world. A robust system of Earth Jurisprudence must be established, in which the Rights of Nature must be imbedded in the centre of legislative and constitutional discussions and deliberations.

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总统的告别词：人类世、地球法理学和自然权利

应对亚洲人类世末日高潮的新范式转变正在有序进行。科学研究警告说，亚洲将成为世界上人为灾难和环境灾难的中心。作为即将离任的亚洲法律与社会协会 (ALSA) 主席，我希望对以下两个问题进行批判性讨论：(1) 地球法理学和 (2) 自然权利。社会法律研究人员和政策制定者必须对这些法律概念进行批判性审查、讨论和发展，以避免亚洲人类世即将发生的危机。本报告考察了亚洲、美洲和太平洋地区多个国家向地球法学迈进的强劲运动的最新发展——即，最近将自然权利概念纳入其法律体系的国家，通过将自然转化为具有权利的实体，以保护它们免受有害的人类活动的影响。如果未能采取任何重大补救措施，许多亚洲城市、海岸和海岸线，包括太平洋和印度洋多个岛国的群岛，由于工业化国家和企业界数十年来令人震惊的人类活动，可能很快就会消失。必须建立健全的地球法理学体系，将自然权利纳入立法和宪法讨论和审议的中心。如果未能采取任何重大补救措施，许多亚洲城市、海岸和海岸线，包括太平洋和印度洋多个岛国的群岛，由于工业化国家和企业界数十年来令人震惊的人类活动，可能很快就会消失。必须建立健全的地球法理学体系，将自然权利纳入立法和宪法讨论和审议的中心。如果未能采取任何重大补救措施，许多亚洲城市、海岸和海岸线，包括太平洋和印度洋多个岛国的群岛，由于工业化国家和企业界数十年来令人震惊的人类活动，可能很快就会消失。必须建立健全的地球法理学体系，将自然权利纳入立法和宪法讨论和审议的中心。