CÓMO LA COMPENSACIÓN Y LOS CERTIFICADOS DE BIODIVERSIDAD DESTRUYEN LA NATURALEZA Y SOCAVAN LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS

The document critiques biodiversity offsets and certificates, asserting they are conceptually and methodologically flawed tools that facilitate nature destruction. It argues that these mechanisms, often modeled after failed carbon markets, ignore ecosystem integrity, lead to land grabbing, and violate the human rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The authors call for a systemic shift away from market-based financialization toward community-led, rights-based conservation and the reduction of harmful financial flows.

• Biodiversity offsets, including 'habitat restoration' and 'averted loss', are deemed incompatible with environmental integrity and often result in a net loss of biodiversity.
• The 'mitigation hierarchy'—designed to prioritize avoiding and minimizing damage before offsetting—is frequently bypassed by companies because offsetting is cheaper and faster.
• Biodiversity certificates are criticized for lacking a common unit of trade, unlike carbon markets, making standardized measurement of 'improvement' or 'protection' scientifically unreliable.
• Market-based biodiversity mechanisms are linked to severe human rights violations, including forced evictions, land grabbing, and gender-based violence, particularly affecting Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
• The report identifies a significant global biodiversity financing gap, estimated between $598 billion and $824 billion annually until 2030, but argues that market-based approaches fail to address this effectively.
• Current institutional trends, such as the UK's Biodiversity Net Gain market and the International Biodiversity Credit Advisory Panel (IAPB), are seen as efforts to privatize conservation and promote 'green neocolonialism' by allowing offsets in the Global South.
• The document highlights a massive disparity between the funding for biodiversity conservation and the financial flows that destroy it, noting that approximately $7 trillion is invested annually in activities with negative impacts on biodiversity.

APA

Marien, N., Fernández, M., Counsell, S., Dellasta, H., Hache, F., PhD, T. L. G., Martínez, V. F., & Ching, L. L. (2024). CÓMO LA COMPENSACIÓN Y LOS CERTIFICADOS DE BIODIVERSIDAD DESTRUYEN LA NATURALEZA Y SOCAVAN LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-FoEI-Biodiversity-offsets-report-full-ES-rlr.pdf

Chicago

Marien, Nele, Mirna Fernández, Simon Counsell, Heitor Dellasta, Frédéric Hache, Tamra L Gilbertson PhD, Valentina Figuera Martínez, and Lim Li Ching. CÓMO LA COMPENSACIÓN Y LOS CERTIFICADOS DE BIODIVERSIDAD DESTRUYEN LA NATURALEZA Y SOCAVAN LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS. Friends of the Earth International, 2024. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-FoEI-Biodiversity-offsets-report-full-ES-rlr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{marien2024cmo, author = {Marien, Nele and Fernández, Mirna and Counsell, Simon and Dellasta, Heitor and Hache, Frédéric and PhD, Tamra L Gilbertson and Martínez, Valentina Figuera and Ching, Lim Li}, title = {{CÓMO LA COMPENSACIÓN Y LOS CERTIFICADOS DE BIODIVERSIDAD DESTRUYEN LA NATURALEZA Y SOCAVAN LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-FoEI-Biodiversity-offsets-report-full-ES-rlr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }