Ludwig LIAGREGlobal Mechanism-UNCCD& FAO FLR Mechanism

Global Landscape Forum5th December2015

Paris, France

Sustainable Financing for Forest and Landscape Restoration

Joint discussion paper (GM-UNCCD & FAO)

Investing in integrated landscapes to achieve the SDGs

Discussion Forum

Discussion paper «Sustainable Financing for Forest and Landscape Restoration»

Policy and expert guidance to design sustainable FLR financing strategies

120 pages

14 chapters

Writing team (GM-UNCCD & FAO) :Ludwig Liagre, Pedro Lara Almuedo, Sven Walter (Global Mechanism-UNCCD); Douglas McGuire, Christophe Besacier, Rao Matta, Michela Conigliaro (FAO)

InfographicsPublic policy brief

Two derived products

FLR can deliver tangible positive contributions to all 17 SDGs

Costs, Benefits and Rates of Returns of FLR

Cost-Benefit Analysis : A framework for action

Direct benefitsTrade of landscapes

products and services (agri, forest value chains, CO2, etc.)

Indirect benefitsIndirect and intangible ecosystem services (biodiversity, scenic

beauty, water)

Direct costsImplementation,

production, materials, phisical inputs, etc.

Indirect costsLegal frameworks,

Capacity development,Opportunity costs,

E&S costs?

Ex ante

Support financing strategy => which investor is ready to

finance which costs?/to purchase

which benefits?

Ex post

Data base of ex post CBA.

Potential partners: ELD,

IPBES, BIOFIN, WAVES,

Universities, etc.Decision-making

tool

Traditional and impact investors, HNWI

Impact investors, NGOs, foundations, DFI

Traditional and impact investors, DFI

State, Foundations, development cooperation,

NGOs

Good practices

International

International Model Forest Network

Stands for Trees (crowdfunding)

Regional

TerrAfrica

Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative

National

Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (Tanzania)

FONERWA (Rwanda)

Local

Provincial REDD+ funds (Vietnam)

Million Tree Challenge, London (Canada)

Global Landscape Forum5th December 2015

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Thanks for your

attention!

Contacts

Sven Walter Coordinator, Liaison - Land, Security and Resilience Programme GM-UNCCDSwalter@unccd.int

Douglas McGuire Coordinator, FLR Mechanism Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation DivisionFAODouglas.McGuire@fao.org

Annexes

Different types of capital

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) principles & FLR