365 organisations speak up against Nature Based Solutions

In a joint statement, 365 organisations from around the globe express their concerns about  the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS).

These 365 organisations stress that Nature based Solutions is being marketed as agroecology and natural regeneration initiatives, while actually advancing harmful practices such as offsetting, monoculture tree plantations and industrial agriculture.

 

Typically, the concept NbS is used by corporations for greenwashing, by reducing “nature” to a service provider for offsetting their ever-growing GHG emissions.

So far, there is no governance body to define which projects can or cannot be called NbS. This way, well-meaning projects actually elevate the standing of NbS, paving the way for corporations to benefit from its positive appearance.

 

The signing organisations also question the meaning of the word “nature”, as NbS proponents seem to imply it implies “enclosed spaces devoid of people”. This is not compatible with nature understood as territory, a life space inseparable from the cultures, food systems and livelihoods of the communities who care for it.

 

Read the full statement here:

https://greencloud.gn.apc.org/index.php/s/2XrdY5dx9W4EACw