Beto Borges looks beyond carbon and asks us to rethink how we value nature itself.
He explains why he believes that payments for ecosystem services rooted in biodiversity, protecting forests, species, and the living systems that sustain us, may hold more long‑term value potential than carbon markets, which have already run into serious credibility and implementation challenges.
➡️ By shifting our focus from a single metric to the full richness of ecosystems, Beto argues, we can create incentives that better reflect what’s truly at stake: the resilience of communities, cultures, and the web of life we all depend on.
Forest Trends Association, where Beto leads the Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative, works to design and advance these kinds of nature‑based finance mechanisms so that Indigenous peoples and local communities are recognized, rewarded, and resourced for keeping forests and biodiversity intact.
Tune in next week when the next Episode of The Explorer’s Way drops – Beto Borges: Indigenous People, Guardians of Biodiversity.
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