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From a rights of nature perspective, most [[environmental law]]s of the twentieth century are based on an outmoded framework that considers nature to be composed of separate and independent parts, rather than components of a larger whole. A more significant criticism is that those laws tend to be subordinate to economic interests, and aim at reacting to and just partially mitigating economics-driven degradation, rather than placing nature's right to thrive as the primary goal of those laws. This critique of existing environmental laws is an important component of tactics such as [[climate change litigation]] that seeks to force societal action to [[mitigate climate change]].
As of June 2021, [[rights of nature law|rights of nature laws]] exist at the local to national levels in at least 39 countries, including dozens of cities and counties throughout the United States. They take the form of constitutional provisions, treaty agreements, statutes, local ordinances, and court decisions. A state constitutional provision is being sought in Florida.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Putzer |first1=Alex |last2=Lambooy |first2=Tineke |last3=Jeurissen |first3=Ronald |last4=Kim |first4=Eunsu |date=2022-06-13 |title=Putting the rights of nature on the map. A quantitative analysis of rights of nature initiatives across the world |journal=Journal of Maps |volume=18 |pages=89–96 |doi=10.1080/17445647.2022.2079432|doi-access=free |hdl=11382/550531 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
==Basic tenets==
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