Implementing Rights of Nature: A Scoping Review Protocol

Objective: This scoping review aims to systematically map how rights of nature (RoN) are being implemented in practice across jurisdictions, identify common challenges and enabling factors, and incorporate Indigenous scholarly perspectives to inform future research, policy, and advocacy. Introduction: RoN are gaining global attention as a shift from viewing nature as property to recognizing more-than-human rights-bearing beings and entities. This scoping review addresses a gap in the literature by examining how RoN are implemented in practice, focusing on the challenges and enabling factors across different jurisdictions, and importantly, including Indigenous scholarly literature. Methods: This review follows the JBI guidelines for conducting scoping reviews and the PRISMA-ScR guidelines for reporting, with the search strategy developed in consultation with a research librarian. It includes both peer-reviewed and grey literature using systematic screening and data extraction through Covidence.