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Debt-for-nature swaps 2.0, a deceptive solution
The principle seems easy enough: part of a country’s debt is converted into investments aiming to protect ecosystems. In practice, an NGO buys a fraction of a country’s debt at a reduced price from its creditors, whether private or bilateral. In exchange, …