The right to private property
Friend or foe of goal 15 of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development? The application of ecologizing rights over privately owned terrestrial ecosystems
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https://doi.org/10.20318/universitas.2026.10084Keywords:
real right of conservation, biocultural rights, rights of nature, ecologization, capitalocentric approach, stewardship, environmental sustainabilityAbstract
The article starts from the hypothesis of the prevalence of the notions of autonomy and freedom in relation to the right to private property vis-à-vis the more-than-human world. Likewise, it outlines the concept of the capitalocentric approach to the right to private property. In response to the latter, it is proposed that, for the full achievement of Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development —in the context of the global ecological crisis— it is necessary to promote the ecologizing rights within the framework of private property, as well as other related legal principles and figures. These aim to preserve and safeguard terrestrial ecosystems, along with other animals and living beings, for the intrinsic value they hold and from a perspective of responsibility and care
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