What are Nature-based Solutions? Risks, concerns and opportunities
GYBN,Y4N, YOUNGO This paper aims to highlight some risks and concerns associated with NbS, particularly when such initiatives are not clearly defined or understood. NbS as an elusive concept can be co-opted to fit the…
Re-thinking Nature-based Solutions: Seeking transformative change through culture and rights
Re-thinking Nature-based Solutions: Seeking transformative change through culture and rights Forest Peoples Programme An important aspect of NbS is recognising that nature is, in almost all cases, deeply rooted in society. When discussing NbS, therefore,…
#OurNatureIsNotYourSolution, International Day for Biological Diversity
Global Forest Coalition As NbS becomes increasingly popular as a strategy for mitigating climate change, this edition of the Forest Cover magazine presents a comprehensive account of the fallacies and limitations of NbS. Particularly the…
Agribusiness and big finance’s dirty alliance is anything but “green”
GRAIN New trends in so-called ‘green finance’, such as green bonds and “nature-based” finance, have gained momentum. This has had an influence across the policy sphere. These trends, however, have had limited impact on corporate…
‘Nature-based Solutions’: Concealing a massive land robbery
World Rainforest Movement This blog focuses on trends and developments in the forestry sector. It brings together different actors focussed on social and environmental rights. In particular, it highlights injustices stemming from the transition to…
‘Nature-based Solutions’ and the Biodiversity and Climate Crises
A vague and mitigation-focussed interpretation of NbS has dominated climate change discourse. Whilst the aim of NbS is to highlight the interdependencies between people and nature, the ambiguity of the term has enabled its appropriation…
Nature-based solutions or nature-based seductions
“Nature-based solutions” (NbS) is a wiThe use of NbS by predominantly corporate actors in the fossil fuel industry allows these actors to continue ‘business as usual’ through ‘carbon off-setting’. This has resulted in ‘carbon colonialism’-…
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