Challenging coloniality and racial injustice in finance for nature
Generating finance to protect and restore nature is crucial to address the worsening global biodiversity crisis. However, most nature finance is delivered within a neo-colonial and racially unjust global financial architecture, leading to inequitable and ineffective allocation of resources.
In this exploratory paper, we introduce a discussion on coloniality and racial injustice in nature finance aimed at donors, governments and intermediary organisations involved in the delivery of nature finance.
We present learning examples of nature finance mechanisms, and offer recommendations on actions to disrupt the colonial logic and racial hierarchies that underpin global nature finance flows, in order to deliver more effective and just conservation.
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