Quo Vadis, Greening Nature’s Rights? Enlivening Community Environmental Law and Establishing Legal Personhood for Nature

Nature and humans are two entities that cannot be separated. The relationship between the two influences each other. Humans who live together with nature are prevalent when doing something that harms nature. Therefore, to protect and manage the environment, the Law is present during such a situation. This paper aims to (i) explain the existing environmental Law in Indonesian society as a gateway to greening natural rights and (ii) explain quo Vadis are greening nature's rights through enlivening existing environmental laws in the community and establishing legal personhood for nature. The paper results show that (i) several environmental laws exist in Indonesian society to maintain and protect the environment from water and land. Some of these laws can be transplanted into favorable legal provisions so that they become a gateway to greening natural rights, and (ii) Efforts to reforest natural rights also require optimization through the establishment of legal personhood for nature as a legal subject in obtaining protection from human actions that can damage nature. Protection is something that must be considered and done by humans because both live side by side. Meanwhile, the Law strengthens the relationship between the two, and its existence creates balanced and prosperous reciprocity.