LA NATURALEZA EN VENTA

The document argues that the financialization of nature allows companies to bypass strict environmental regulations through biodiversity offsets and carbon credits. It details the emergence of a 'conservation industry' comprising specialized NGOs, think tanks, and financial institutions that create the standards and accounting methods necessary for this system. The report highlights how extractive industries, aviation, and agribusiness use these mechanisms to access protected areas and 'greenwash' their activities, while noting that actual private investment in conservation remains a small fraction of global financial flows.

• Financialization converts natural functions, such as carbon storage and water purification, into measurable, tradable units or 'natural capital' to be used as financial products or balance sheet assets.
• Corporations use biodiversity offsets to bypass legal destruction limits or access 'critical habitats' and protected areas that would otherwise be inaccessible for mining and oil and gas extraction.
• The report identifies a new 'conservation industry' consisting of specialized NGOs, think tanks, and consultants who develop the standards and accounting tools required for financialization, often with significant conflicts of interest.
• Major conservation NGOs, such as The Nature Conservancy and WWF, are accused of promoting financialization and maintaining close ties to corporate boards, which the report claims silences critical voices.
• Green bonds are used by the World Bank and commercial banks to raise capital, but the report argues they often serve as 'greenwashing' due to the lack of a standardized definition of what constitutes a 'green' bond.
• Private financial flows into conservation are significantly smaller than claimed by proponents; one cited study suggests only about 20% of the roughly $50 billion in biodiversity and ecosystem service funds derive from market-based activities.
• Corporate influence on environmental policy often occurs in non-public forums, such as the World Economic Forum and the UN's Global Compact, where business interests can frame the debate before official COP negotiations.

APA

Hall, R., & Mariën, N. (n.d.). LA NATURALEZA EN VENTA. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Amigos-de-la-Tierra_Naturaleza-en-Venta-informe_ES.pdf

Chicago

Hall, Ronnie, and Nele Mariën. LA NATURALEZA EN VENTA. Friends of the Earth International, n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Amigos-de-la-Tierra_Naturaleza-en-Venta-informe_ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hallndnaturaleza, author = {Hall, Ronnie and Mariën, Nele}, title = {{LA NATURALEZA EN VENTA}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Amigos-de-la-Tierra_Naturaleza-en-Venta-informe_ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }