The concept of "the rights of nature" is now appropriated by a number of actors in the countries of the South and the North [1] . Initiated by Christopher Stone [2] in the 1970s, the debates around this theoretical proposition accompanied the founding questions of environmental ethics [3] and the constitution of " ecological democracy" [ 4] . Forty years later, the appropriation of the notion questions its modes of translation and diffusion in institutional dynamics. "The rights of nature" constitute a concept that allows us to observe and question the shifts in the way we look at the living - from a movable and inert thing with a utilitarian aim to a sensitive, fragile organism with which territories and economic activities are in relation. This perspective offers possibilities for cultural and anthropological change [5] in terms of governance and law.
This approach therefore questions the levers towards an ecological democracy [6] and in particular to know : "How does the institution "Rights of Nature" improve environmental governance, in a difficult context of denial and political withdrawal ? "
First experience of the rights south korea phone number list of nature in Europe : The Mar Menor Lagoon
The Mar Menor represents the first manifestation of the rights of nature in Europe . This 135 km² lagoon , located in the southeast of Spain, extends at the junction between the region of Murcia and the Mediterranean . Disrupted by a mega -canal designed under the Franco dictatorship, by massive concreting and, above all, by the chemical agro-industry, the lagoon ecosystem collapsed between 2016 and 2021, losing up to 85% of its underwater meadows and most of its seahorse populations [ 7] . This collapse, experienced as a trauma by many inhabitants, gave rise to major social mobilizations, culminating in a popular legislative initiative aimed at recognizing the rights of the lagoon. The initiative, which gathered more than 600,000 signatures, was voted with a large majority in the Congress of Deputies and the Senate [ 8] . The Mar Menor thus became the first natural entity to be recognized as a subject of law in Europe.