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Abstract:: The rights of nature form an important category of the contemporary eco-ethics. The gist of the rightsof nature refers to the justifiable interests of each entity in nature，which of course can only be recognized byhuman beings. The recognition of the rights of nature is to some degree an attitude we have to take when we rethinkabout the relationship between man and nature in facing the increasingly serious ecological crisis. Startingfrom the characteristics of life，the theory of animal rights extends the scope of rights to animals：this extensionis based on the analogy between human beings and animals through examining the evolution of the notion of thenatural rights of human beings. It is true that the generation of the rights of nature has its own logic and contents.Among others，the concept of common interest group reflects the basic fact and the necessary condition of therights of nature. The logic of the historical generation of human rights reveals the evolution path of the rights ofnature and thus forms the sufficient condition of their establishment. In this regard，the purpose of the rights ofnature is to guide people to acquire a correct outlook on rights and duty in their interaction with nature，to preventthem from abusing their rights and to promote the productive interaction between man and nature.