By LISE KIENNEMANN, VALENTINA BRESCHI
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Nature and biodiversity: negative finance flows outweigh positive ones
LISE KIENNEMANN, VALENTINA BRESCHI
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through
subsidies
directly
damaging
trillions
of US dollars
Annual finance flows…
Illegal resource
extraction activities
such as wildlife
or timber trades
(0.1-0.3)
Gap in finance to meet
biodiversity needs
($0.3-1 trillion)
…favoring
nature-based
solutions*
Sources: IPBES, UNEP *actions to sustainably protect and manage ecosystems
Nature and biodiversity:
negative finance flows outweigh positive ones
…with negative
impacts on nature
Current economic systems allocate 35 times more resources towards activities that damage nature
than to those that benefit the environment
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