Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Actors / Bank · Netherlands

FMO (Dutch development bank)

Appears in 5 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
Barro Blanco hydro dam (Panama)Lender (USD 25 million)Panama2014Carbon credits
Corio, ABP and forest land investments (Netherlands)Dutch development bank, 51% state-ownedNetherlands2000–2021Finance, funds and markets
Dutch bank FMO backed a 20,000-hectare Sierra Leone sugar cane leaseDutch development bank; partner in the Addax lease, withdrew around 2015Sierra Leone2008–2015Agriculture, livestock and food
European development banks financed Feronia palm plantations in CongoDevelopment bank that invested in the plantationsDemocratic Republic of the Congo2013–2019Agriculture, livestock and food
Berta Cáceres killing and Agua Zarca damFinancier (Dutch development bank)Honduras2013–2026Killings and repression of defenders

Carbon and conservation finance

Carbon credit
A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.