This article argues that the Rights of Nature (RoN) framework is compatible with various ideological outlooks and political options. As a result, those initiatives may translate into extremely diverse institutional implementations with contrasted outcomes in terms of power distribution. The institutional design of RoN has deep political implications for various social groups who hold conflicting claims over certain territories. Hence, rather than transforming human-nature relations, RoN primarily transform the power relations between human communities. I delve into three conceptual frameworks that could shape the recognition of RoN and explore their respective distributive implications: green colonialism, environmental justice, and the focus on Indigeneity. Through this critical engagement, I wish to warn against the illusion of a post-political ecology where an ecocentric legal declaration would deliver human-nature harmony without deep political battles, social tensions, and economic confrontations. RoN as an abstract notion does not offer a ready-made toolkit to dismantle the legal architecture of fossil capitalism; nor does it provide clear guidance on the distribution of costs and benefits of the green transition.

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和谐的幻象：自然权利的权力、政治和分配含义

本文认为，自然权利（RoN）框架与各种意识形态观点和政治选择是兼容的。因此，这些举措可能会转化为极其多样化的制度实施，并在权力分配方面产生截然不同的结果。 RoN的制度设计对于对某些领土持有冲突主张的各种社会群体具有深刻的政治影响。因此，RoN主要不是改变人与自然的关系，而是改变人类社区之间的权力关系。我深入研究了三个概念框架，这些框架可以塑造对 RoN 的认识，并探讨它们各自的分配含义：绿色殖民主义、环境正义和对原住民的关注。通过这种批判性的参与，我希望警惕后政治生态学的幻想，即以生态为中心的法律宣言将带来人与自然的和谐，而无需深刻的政治斗争、社会紧张和经济对抗。 RoN 作为一个抽象概念，并没有提供现成的工具包来拆除化石资本主义的法律架构；它也没有就绿色转型的成本和收益分配提供明确的指导。