Harmful Incentives to Biodiversity in Ecuador: Prioritization and proposal for redesigning existing harmful subsidies

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Harmful Incentives to Biodiversity in Ecuador: Prioritization and proposal for redesigning existing harmful subsidies

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This report is an excerpt from the original document in Spanish. The main objective of this report is to present a pathway for reviewing and redesigning subsidies harmful to biodiversity for the country to meet target number 18 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This goal determines the identification of harmful subsidies by 2025 and their reform and/or elimination by 2030.

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