El dia mundial del medio ambiente celebramos la gestion comunitaria

A statement by Friends of the Earth International marking World Environment Day 2015, advocating for community-based biodiversity management and criticizing the privatization and financialization of nature.

• Friends of the Earth International promotes community-based management models for biodiversity, citing examples from Indonesia and Costa Rica, and defines biodiversity as encompassing both biological diversity (plants, animals, ecosystems) and the associated cultural diversity that enables conservation.
• The document criticizes the privatization of biodiversity through bioprospecting, where pharmaceutical and agricultural companies isolate genes and claim intellectual property rights via patents. In Costa Rica, the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) is cited as a failed example of this model; despite promises of revenue from transnational companies, the institution is now bankrupt.
• Privatization of genetic wealth is described as a threat to the territorial rights and spiritual visions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. While the Convention on Biological Diversity recognizes the right to protect traditional knowledge, these rights are currently threatened by governments and corporations using financial instruments.
• The author calls for an end to the 'financialization of nature,' specifically criticizing carbon credits and compensation mechanisms that attempt to offset the destruction of one ecosystem with the protection of another, arguing that biodiversity is unique and irreplaceable.

APA

admin (2015). El dia mundial del medio ambiente celebramos la gestion comunitaria. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/el-dia-mundial-del-medio-ambiente-celebramos-la-gestion-comunitaria/

Chicago

admin. El dia mundial del medio ambiente celebramos la gestion comunitaria. Friends of the Earth International, 2015. https://www.foei.org/es/el-dia-mundial-del-medio-ambiente-celebramos-la-gestion-comunitaria/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=El dia mundial del medio ambiente celebramos la gestion comunitaria |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=3 June 2015 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/el-dia-mundial-del-medio-ambiente-celebramos-la-gestion-comunitaria/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2015dia, author = {admin}, title = {{El dia mundial del medio ambiente celebramos la gestion comunitaria}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/el-dia-mundial-del-medio-ambiente-celebramos-la-gestion-comunitaria/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }