Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza: UN LOBO CON PIEL DE CORDERO

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) rejects Nature-based Solutions (NbS), characterizing the term as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" that masks neocolonialism and corporate greenwashing. The document contends that NbS promotes industrial monoculture plantations and the financialization of nature, which threatens the land rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities, particularly in the Global South. FoEI argues that NbS serves as a distraction from the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels and instead advocates for systemic changes through agroecology and community forest management.

• The concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is criticized for being intentionally ambiguous, allowing it to encompass everything from peatland restoration to harmful industrial monoculture plantations.
• NbS is viewed as a mechanism for corporate greenwashing, enabling fossil fuel and agribusiness companies to use carbon offsets to avoid reducing emissions at the source and maintain their business models.
• The implementation of NbS at scale risks massive land grabbing and human rights violations, as the land required for proposed reforestation targets is immense—potentially up to 700 million hectares.
• NbS is linked to the 'financialization of nature,' treating ecosystems as tradeable carbon assets and reviving failed market models like REDD+.
• In the agricultural sector, NbS is accused of co-opting agroecology by promoting 'sustainable intensification,' which maintains industrial control and productivity goals rather than structural transformation.
• FoEI proposes systemic alternatives to NbS, specifically community forest management and agroecology, which they claim are the most effective ways to protect biodiversity and store carbon while respecting Indigenous rights.

APA

Chandrasekaran, K., Marian, N., Rojas, I., Shaw, S., & Counsell, S. (2021). Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza: UN LOBO CON PIEL DE CORDERO. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Soluciones-Basadas-en-la-Naturaleza_Un-lobo-conpiel-de-cordero.pdf

Chicago

Chandrasekaran, Kirtana, Nele Marian, Isaac Rojas, Sara Shaw, and Simon Counsell. Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza: UN LOBO CON PIEL DE CORDERO. Friends of the Earth International, 2021. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Soluciones-Basadas-en-la-Naturaleza_Un-lobo-conpiel-de-cordero.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{chandrasekaran2021soluciones, author = {Chandrasekaran, Kirtana and Marian, Nele and Rojas, Isaac and Shaw, Sara and Counsell, Simon}, title = {{Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza: UN LOBO CON PIEL DE CORDERO}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Soluciones-Basadas-en-la-Naturaleza_Un-lobo-conpiel-de-cordero.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }