In the current state of EU environmental law and the process of integrating environmental requirements into other branches of law, several conceptual developments are therefore emerging at the confluence of several schools of thought and stakeholder mobilisations. Ecosystem services, Green infrastructure, Nature-based solutions, One Health, Natural Commons, Rewilding, Rights of nature (...) are all approaches in synergy or in tension that invite the EU to rethink its environmental protection and management model.o how can the theory of the rights of nature be reflected in EU law? Can the EU provide a forum for democratic debate on these issues? Can or should it play a leadership role or simply leave it to the Member States to decide whether to incorporate this theory of the rights of nature into their legal systems? Between the urgency of action and the imperative of a paradigm shift, the clash of temporalities is inevitable, as is the clash of divergent interests. Beyond the controversies, the rights of nature movement, like other currents of thought, invites us to imagine the fields of legal possibilities for rethinking our relations with nature and natural entities. n order to appreciate the added value of the recognition of the rights of nature in EU law, it was essential to contextualize the issue in order to identify and clarify the legal issues at stake. The second part of the study aims to identify different scenarios in the light of a critical analysis of the EU's legal protection of the environment, particularly in the field of biodiversity and aquatic environments