Instrumentos económicos basados en mercados para la conservación de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en Latinoamérica: ¿panacea o rueda cuadrada?

This research paper evaluates the effectiveness and social equity of 60 market-based economic instruments for nature conservation (MBEINC) projects in Latin America, finding that a minority of projects achieved their environmental and social goals and that no single institutional arrangement consistently ensures positive outcomes.

• An analysis of 60 projects utilizing market-based economic instruments for nature conservation (MBEINC) in Latin America revealed that 43% were effective regarding environmental objectives, whereas only approximately 17% were socially equitable.
• The study found no statistically significant relationship between environmental effectiveness and social equity, suggesting an absence of synergies or tradeoffs between these two objectives.
• Neither effectiveness nor social equity showed a significant association with the surveyed economic, political, or institutional characteristics, leading to the conclusion that no single institutional arrangement guarantees positive outcomes and that evidence for the advantages of MBEINC in Latin America is insufficient.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Instrumentos económicos basados en mercados para la conservación de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en Latinoamérica: ¿panacea o rueda cuadrada? https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/instrumentos-economicos-basados-en-mercados-para-la-conservacion-de-la-biodiversidad-y-los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-latinoamerica-panacea-o-rueda-cuadrada/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Instrumentos económicos basados en mercados para la conservación de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en Latinoamérica: ¿panacea o rueda cuadrada? 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/instrumentos-economicos-basados-en-mercados-para-la-conservacion-de-la-biodiversidad-y-los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-latinoamerica-panacea-o-rueda-cuadrada/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025instrumentos, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Instrumentos económicos basados en mercados para la conservación de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en Latinoamérica: ¿panacea o rueda cuadrada?}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/instrumentos-economicos-basados-en-mercados-para-la-conservacion-de-la-biodiversidad-y-los-servicios-ecosistemicos-en-latinoamerica-panacea-o-rueda-cuadrada/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }