Chapter Author: Biodiversity Credits and Climate Change Mitigation
Description: This article analyzes the role of biodiversity credits as an innovative climate change mitigation tool, discussing their inclusion in the carbon market and their contribution to environmental conservation. The research highlights how these credits, by assigning economic value to ecosystem protection and restoration, can encourage sustainable practices and strengthen environmental compensation policies. At the same time, it discusses the regulatory, legal, and socio-environmental challenges to their effective implementation, highlighting the need for a clear regulatory framework that ensures legitimacy, effectiveness, and equity in the use of this mechanism to address the climate crisis.