Do espanhol às línguas indígenas:

As discussões sobre os Direitos da Natureza na Assembléia Constituinte de 2007-2008 do Equador

Abstract

The intensification of the environmental climate crisis has placed an urgency on discussions about new ways of thinking, interpreting, and relating to nature - which has amplified discussions on the Rights of Nature, grounded in the cosmovisions of indigenous peoples. Since 2008, Ecuador has incorporated Latin American Neoconstitutionalism into its constitution, a decolonial constitutional perspective that adopts the Rights of Nature. As a result, the legal understanding of nature has changed, establishing it as an active subject and a holder of rights. Considering these facts, this investigation aimed to understand the scenarios that allowed for the creation of the Constituent Assembly (2007-2008) and the discussions on the Rights of Nature. To this end, a qualitative methodology was followed, involving a descriptive and analytical review of bibliographic materials based on a decolonial perspective, as well as official State documents of Ecuador, through bibliographic review and documentary research. Thus, it was possible to understand that the creation and existence of the Constituent Assembly resulted from the struggles of political movements - essentially the indigenous movement - coupled with a favorable political, social, economic, and historical scenario.