¿Es posible proteger los derechos de la Naturaleza en una economía verde?

The authors critique the Green Economy (GE) for its anthropocentric, market-based approach that treats nature as 'natural capital' and argues that such a framework is incompatible with the goal of protecting the intrinsic rights of Nature. They contrast the GE's reliance on economic valuation and Payments for Environmental Services (PES) with a bio-centric perspective that recognizes nature's right to exist independently of human utility. The paper highlights Ecuador as a pioneer in constitutionalizing the rights of Nature and proposes practical global measures, including the strict protection of 10% of all ecoregions and a transition to 100% organic food production.

• The Green Economy (GE) framework is criticized for being anthropocentric and treating nature as a set of resources or 'natural capital' to support economic growth, which risks confusing economic price with the actual value of nature.
• Market-based conservation tools, specifically Payments for Environmental Services (PES), are viewed as insufficient because they lack confirmed evidence of broad conservation effects and make protection dependent on short-term cost-benefit decisions by buyers.
• A bio-centric approach recognizes the 'intrinsic value' of nature—the right of species and ecosystems to exist and self-realize regardless of their utility to humans—which provides a legal basis for conservation without needing to prove economic benefit.
• Ecuador is identified as the first country to formally recognize the rights of Nature within its national constitution.
• The authors propose three specific practical measures for global nature protection: the strict conservation of at least 10% of all world ecoregions, the designation of 25% of natural spaces for limited human intervention, and a total transition to 100% organic production of food and fibers.

APA

Ghione, S., & Gudynas, E. (2012). ¿Es posible proteger los derechos de la Naturaleza en una economía verde? Green Economy Coalition. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/es-posible-proteger-los-derechos-de-la-naturaleza-en-una-econom%C3%ADa-verde

Chicago

Ghione, Soledad, and Eduardo Gudynas. ¿Es posible proteger los derechos de la Naturaleza en una economía verde? Green Economy Coalition, 2012. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/es-posible-proteger-los-derechos-de-la-naturaleza-en-una-econom%C3%ADa-verde.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ghione2012posible, author = {Ghione, Soledad and Gudynas, Eduardo}, title = {{¿Es posible proteger los derechos de la Naturaleza en una economía verde?}}, institution = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2012}, month = oct, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/es-posible-proteger-los-derechos-de-la-naturaleza-en-una-econom%C3%ADa-verde}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }