The law also establishes the juridical character of Mother Earth as a "collective subject of public interest", to ensure the exercise and protection of her rights.
[8] The law enumerates seven specific rights to which Mother Earth and her constituent life systems, including human communities, are entitled:[9] The Pact of Unity (which gathers the major Bolivian indigenous and campesino organizations) drafted the long version of the Law between the April 2010 World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth and October 2010, when they finished the final version in a joined effort with a commission of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, the Bolivian Vice-Ministry of Environment, and a legal team of constitutional development from the Vice President's Office.
[10] Later, a ten-article short version was agreed upon with then Senator Freddy Bersatti and Deputy Galo Silvestre, to be passed by the Legislative Assembly in December 2010.
The short version was rushed so as to be presented by president Evo Morales at the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
In February 2012, Senator Eugenio Rojas, who heads the governing party's delegation, describes the law as among six priorities for early passage in 2012.