The Nature’s Rights Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill sponsored by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party). The bill would recognise nature as a legal subject, granting it specific rights for protection and restoration. The bill would set out a legal framework for how this would operate, including an integrated rights framework and mechanisms for how nature’s rights would be implemented and enforced.
Nature's Rights Bill [HL] (304KB PDF)
Approximate read time: 11 minutes
Among other requirements, the bill contains provisions on:
It has been drafted by the charity Nature’s Rights. The charity intends for the bill to shift the balance of how the rights of nature are recognised, establishing nature as a “rights-bearing subject” itself which is “foundational to human life, society and economic activity”.
The bill is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 3 July 2026.
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Nature's Rights Bill [HL] (304KB PDF)
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