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It’s time to pay the true value of tropical forest conservation (commentary) (news.mongabay.com)

submitted 1 month ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/treehuggers@slrpnk.net

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Conserving the world’s tropical forests requires large-scale and predictable finance, a new op-ed by Brazilian officials argue in making their case for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a finance regime that will be discussed at this year’s U.N. climate summit (COP30) in their nation.

The TFFF would pay a fixed price per hectare of tropical forest conserved or restored, providing positive incentives aligned with national fiscal planning via a funding model that blends public investment and private market borrowing.

“The time to act boldly for our forests is now. The TFFF is not only possible — it is essential. We are calling on the world to join us,” they write.

This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of Mongabay.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think that solutions are going to come from within capitalism or the monetary system. None of that is real. Forest protection requires people living there on the land and defending the forest, and no amount of "national fiscal planning" is going to achieve that. People need to want to do it, not for money, but for its own sake. If they planted the trees and/or eat from the trees, that's a reasonable incentive...