The Rights of Nature

Abstract

The United Nations is calling on governments, private sector and civil society to “build back better” post-COVID-19. To transform our societies for healthier and more resilient futures for people and nature. It is at this nexus of theory and practice on urgent global environmental changes that appropriate evaluation insights, approaches and methods are needed to nurture new pathways forward. We need new ideas that challenge ‘ business as usual’ to do this. This article argues the Rights of Nature is one such emerging concept that evaluators interested in transformation have the power and means to engage with already in hand.