Environmental asset monetization service presented at UNAMAZ stand
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The Amazon Rainforest and other green spaces can generate financial resources for managers committed to sustainable preservation. For this, there is a set of specific knowledge about the carbon market and other types of environmental investments. This content was presented this Saturday (15) by directors of Biosphere Environmental Projects (Bipasa), at the Pavilion of the Association of Amazonian Universities (UNAMAZ), during COP 30.
Bipasa's President, Ciraldo Reis, explained that the company, based in Rio de Janeiro and a partner of the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT), brought to COP 30 the understanding that "forests can become money". According to him, initiatives to monetize environmental assets — such as carbon reduction and other projects — existing in public and private areas are possible thanks to a proprietary methodology, aligned with current Brazilian legislation, including the Federal Constitution and Laws No. 14,119 and No. 14,590, which regulate the provision of environmental services.
Environmental assets refer to everything that guarantees human survival — such as water, carbon, food, medicines, soil and subsoil. Although Brazil has an environmental patrimony valued at approximately US$ 6.8 trillion, this amount does not appear in public accounting because it is constitutionally classified as an intangible asset. According to Reis, Bipasa sought to monetize these assets based on the UN's Payment for Environmental Services (PES) concept, approved at COP 21 by 195 countries. PES remunerates providers of environmental services, that is, those who preserve natural areas.

An example is landowners in the Amazon, who, by law, must keep 80% of their areas preserved. “In order for these territories to be properly conserved, the UN has created instruments that allow for the remuneration of managers responsible for this environmental service,” explained Reis. “This is the solution for all farmers — public or private — and for all spheres of public power, which become beneficiaries of the financial results of this type of project.”
In the monetization process, the Biobond is issued, an environmental compensation title intended for providers of environmental services. With nine years of operation, Bipasa maintains a partnership with IBICT and develops productive exchange with UNAMAZ.