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Abstract

International environmental law is anthropocentric and has an economic orientation; it has made significant progress in handling humans' exploitative and destructive relationship with nature. This research examines alternative concepts of international environmental law and how and whether they are possible by combining many viewpoints on the interaction between humans and nature. The paper addresses the benefits and importance of local lifestyle in international environmental legislation by focusing on Eduardo Castro's idea of multilateralism. Different types of lives have different relationships with nature as well as different concepts of it. The methodological move is necessary to investigate the reality of types of life that contradict the conventional Western understanding of nature and culture. This approach has the power to shift international environmental law behind anthropocentrism and provide solutions for resolving the conflict between developmental concerns regarding ecological conservation and the long-term survival of species.