Biodiversity targets will not be met without debt and tax justice comment

Approaches to financing biodiversity conservation tend to focus on funding gaps, but fail to address underlying political and economic drivers. We propose two strategies - tax reform and debt justice - to supercharge public financing for biodiversity and deflate harmful financial flows, while chipping away at the causes of state austerity.

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Current approaches to financing biodiversity conservation often focus on funding gaps without addressing the underlying political and economic drivers. The authors propose two strategies - tax reform and debt justice - to strengthen public financing for biodiversity conservation while also addressing harmful financial flows and the root causes of state austerity.