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A plea for survival: Can the return to eco-centrism strengthen the legal protection of nature in Sri Lanka?
Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law Pub Date : 2022-06-01 , DOI: 10.4337/apjel.2021.02.01
Asanka Edirisinghe, Michelle Lim

The right to life of all living beings and the duty of humans to co-exist with nature have been recognized in Sri Lankan tradition and religious practice for centuries. Yet, environmental destruction, degradation and pollution due to human activities have become a common phenomenon in contemporary Sri Lanka. Anthropocentric thinking pervades Sri Lankan jurisprudence. Laws and judicial decisions have largely failed to recognize the rights of nature to be protected for its relational and intrinsic values. There is also limited acknowledgement that the very survival of human beings depends on the continuous existence of Mother Earth. Significant shifts from human-centred thinking are increasingly observed in other jurisdictions. This article considers how environmental protection in Sri Lanka could be strengthened through the adoption of a greater ethic of eco-centrism. The overarching question posed considers how the examination of eco-centrism in Sri Lankan religious and cultural texts might enable the emergence of an Earth jurisprudence approach to nature protection. The article highlights traditional and religious teachings from Sri Lanka to emphasise the need for greater recognition of existing histories and cultures as the foundation of contemporary law for the protection of nature. The article draws on lessons from the emergence of Earth jurisprudence globally to provide recommendations for legal reform in the Sri Lankan context.

中文翻译:

求生存:回归生态中心主义能否加强斯里兰卡对自然的法律保护?

几个世纪以来,斯里兰卡的传统和宗教实践都承认所有生物的生命权和人类与自然共存的义务。然而,人类活动造成的环境破坏、退化和污染已成为当代斯里兰卡的普遍现象。以人类为中心的思想遍及斯里兰卡的法理学。法律和司法判决在很大程度上未能承认自然权利因其相关价值和内在价值而受到保护。也有限的承认人类的生存取决于地球母亲的持续存在。在其他司法管辖区,越来越多地观察到以人为本的思维方式发生了重大转变。本文探讨了如何通过采用更大的生态中心主义伦理来加强斯里兰卡的环境保护。提出的首要问题考虑了对斯里兰卡宗教和文化文本中的生态中心主义的研究如何能够促成一种地球法理学方法来保护自然。文章重点介绍了斯里兰卡的传统和宗教教义,强调需要更多地承认现有历史和文化,将其作为当代保护自然法的基础。本文借鉴全球地球法理学出现的经验教训,为斯里兰卡的法律改革提供建议。提出的首要问题考虑了对斯里兰卡宗教和文化文本中的生态中心主义的研究如何能够促成一种地球法理学方法来保护自然。文章重点介绍了斯里兰卡的传统和宗教教义,强调需要更多地承认现有历史和文化,将其作为当代保护自然法的基础。本文借鉴全球地球法理学出现的经验教训,为斯里兰卡的法律改革提供建议。提出的首要问题考虑了对斯里兰卡宗教和文化文本中的生态中心主义的研究如何能够促成一种地球法理学方法来保护自然。文章重点介绍了斯里兰卡的传统和宗教教义,强调需要更多地承认现有历史和文化,将其作为当代保护自然法的基础。本文借鉴全球地球法理学出现的经验教训,为斯里兰卡的法律改革提供建议。文章重点介绍了斯里兰卡的传统和宗教教义,强调需要更多地承认现有历史和文化,将其作为当代保护自然法的基础。本文借鉴全球地球法理学出现的经验教训,为斯里兰卡的法律改革提供建议。文章重点介绍了斯里兰卡的传统和宗教教义,强调需要更多地承认现有历史和文化,将其作为当代保护自然法的基础。本文借鉴全球地球法理学出现的经验教训,为斯里兰卡的法律改革提供建议。
更新日期:2022-06-01
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