Compensaciones y créditos de biodiversidad: preguntas frecuentes

A fact sheet by Friends of the Earth International critiquing biodiversity offsets and credits as ineffective and harmful mechanisms for biodiversity protection and financing.

• Biodiversity offsets and credits are promoted as ways to direct financial resources toward biodiversity protection, but evidence suggests offsets—which are based on carbon markets—can cause significant environmental and social harm. Bio-credit systems are viewed as unlikely to be effective in protecting ecosystems or providing reliable additional funding for conservation.
• These market-driven mechanisms are associated with several risks, including greenwashing, human rights violations, land grabbing, tenure disputes, community displacement, and negative impacts on food sovereignty and ecosystem integrity, often providing little to no economic benefit to local communities.
• The document argues that biodiversity offsets and credits are 'false solutions' and advocates instead for a transformative change that addresses the root causes of biodiversity destruction.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Compensaciones y créditos de biodiversidad: preguntas frecuentes. https://www.foei.org/es/publicaciones/compensaciones-y-creditos-de-biodiversidad-preguntas-frecuentes/

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Compensaciones y créditos de biodiversidad: preguntas frecuentes. n.d. https://www.foei.org/es/publicaciones/compensaciones-y-creditos-de-biodiversidad-preguntas-frecuentes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndcompensaciones, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Compensaciones y créditos de biodiversidad: preguntas frecuentes}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/publicaciones/compensaciones-y-creditos-de-biodiversidad-preguntas-frecuentes/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }