Climatechange

FoodandnutritionLivelihoods,income Greengrowth

Agriculture,resilience

InvestinginSustainableLandscapesforGreenReturnsDr.PeterHolmgren,DirectorGeneralCIFOR

NewDelhi,16April2013

Biodiversity

100 years

What do we need to make it work?

Understand basic objectives for sustainable landscapes• …and how to measure progress at reasonable cost

Understand return opportunities from landscapes• …and the associated risks

Commitment from public sector to implement rule of law• …and provide (initial) support to governance, risk

management and research Accept that farmers and producers are in charge

• ..their priorities will lead to sustainable landscapes (or not) Finance that benefits large-scale investors as well as

small-scale producers• …taking all of the above into account

Proposition1:

ThisisaSustainableLandscape.Keepitsimple!

Landscape objectives

Landscape objectives & performance measures

Important properties

• Measureable• Easytounderstand• Applicableeverywhere• Applicableonanyscale• Relevantto

‐ Sustainabledevelopment‐ Climatechange‐ Foodsecurity‐ Investment/Greengrowth

Allmeasuresstableorimproving=SustainableLandscape

Proposition2:

InvestmentsinSustainableLandscapescancontributedramatically

tomeetingdevelopmentgoals

Perspectives

Investor:• There is a lot of capital ready for good investment

propositions that also contribute to sustainabledevelopment

Farmers / Producers:• Access to long-term, affordable and reliable capital is a

major limiting factor for our enterprises Public sector:

• Desrire to use public funds to steer investments togenerate public goods and sustainable development

Some perceptions that hinder

”Land use profits are bad for the environment.”

”Land use profits are bad for local people.”

• ”Agrobusiness will take over.”

”Farmers are farmers.”

”Food prices must be kept down.”

”How can we feed the world?.”

Sector silos

Some ideas that help

Green growth with equity

Need for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Trade

Ethical considerations in investments

Proposition3:

Itispossible.Butrequiresscale.

Returns and Risk management

Affordable verification

Monitoringofsustainabilityoutcomesataggregatedlevels

Effective use of public funds

Strengthen governance frameworks• Rule of law

Protection fund for investorsPiloting loansResearch

What next?

Research and development• CIFOR, The Munden Project, ICRAF, Ateneo

School of Government, Chatham HouseMore findings on the different components during

2013• Portfolio approach• Sustainability verification approach• Governance

Piloting from 2014

Vision

CIFOR vision:Forests (and Landscapes) on the agenda – their values recognized

Decisions that influence forests and people supported by solid

science and principles of good governance