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Other documentMaking the most of available finance for forest and landscape restoration
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.To achieve ambitious international forest and landscape restoration (FLR) targets, significant investment is required. Annually, more than USD 36 billion is needed to meet the Bonn Challenge and USD 318 billion to reach land degradation neutrality.
FAO FLRM has been working with in-country partners to provide diverse support for partner financing needs and to develop innovative financing mechanisms to sustainably fund the implementation of restoration activities on the ground. These activities include:
(i) Capacity building through physical trainings (green finance and the development of bankable projects, ecosystem services valuation, etc.), an active Community of Practice (CoP) for Local Finance for Forest and Landscape Restoration and 3 e-learning courses dedicated to Finance
(ii) Supporting the development of financial plans for FLR implementation to access diverse sources of funding. The plans include for example value chain development, market-based mechanisms such as payments for ecosystem services (PES) as well as supporting the operationalization of national forest funds (NFFs) and public–private partnerships for FLR investment. The plans include different types of financing to ensure FLR success on the long term.
(iii) Creating linkages with climate funds through technical assistance and proposal development.
(iv) Developing bankable projects through capacity building and the identification of opportunities for business development and for attracting additional investment.
This work is presented through examples and cases studies increasing the knowledge of local partners on existing financing sources and supporting them in accessing these funding streams. Financial mechanisms, Economic Development, Deforestation and forest degradation, Sustainable forest management, Value chain ID: 3484518 -
Journal articleCommunity forest management and local financing for forest and landscape restoration in Cambodia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest and natural resources are critical to communities in Cambodia, but they are being strongly affected by land encroachment, illegal logging and over-harvesting. Through the support of FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM), and with the local partnership of the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the Phnom Dek Chambok Hos Community Forestry (PDCHCF) committed to restoring the native trees in their designated forestland, protecting biodiversity, increasing forest cover, and preventing land encroachment. The challenge was to achieve these ambitious goals while also generating income for the community and possibly promoting eco- tourism in the long term. Led by Mr. Khea Sochea, who is from the Kouy Indigenous Group, the PDCHCF has developed an innovative restoration management plan paired with a local financing mechanism that provides short-and long-term incentives and credit schemes to engage members for sustainable forest management. The PDCHCF established a tree plantation site that mixes native and fast-growing tree species and dedicated some areas for intercropping within the degraded area. After consulting PDCHCF members, and in compliance with land laws, the PDCHCF Management Committee decided to grant access to two hectares of land for rice cultivation to the five members who are involved in the maintenance of the tree plantation to provide them with an income- generating activity and an incentive to support their restoration efforts. In the medium or long term, PDCHCF members expect to harvest fast-growing trees to generate revenues for community activities and the credit scheme serving as the financial mechanism and incentive scheme to their members. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Sustainable forest management, Economic Development ID: 3487212 -
Other documentConsolidating the national monitoring capacity of the impact of forest and landscape restoration actions on CO2 sequestration
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) initiatives grew significantly in the past 10 years in Lebanon, highlighting the strong commitment of the Lebanese Government and stakeholders to restoration of forests and landscapes as attested by the National Afforestation/Reforestation Plan and the National Forest Program launched respectively in 2012 and 2015. ”The Paris agreement in action” project funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment (BMU) offered the ministries of agriculture and environment the chance to analyze key national restoration actions and their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reductions. A specialized tool that enables both ministries to estimate the past and future impact of restoration actions was developed. The ability to project the impact of restoration actions (e.g. afforestation, forest and rangeland management, etc.) on GHG emissions/reductions will be helpful to line ministries in planning their restoration actions and encouraging national stakeholders to adjust theirs. This work revealed the leading FLR activity was reforestation/afforestation (5228 ha), whereas forest (1389 ha) and rangeland (1755 ha) management did not receive the attention they warrant. The management of forests and rangelands urgently needs to gain prominence as a lower cost option that favors a wide range of ecosystem services. Finally, the effort done to assess the role of FLR on GHG emissions/reductions allowed for appropriate integration of FLR activities in Lebanon’s National Determined Contribution (NDC). Keywords: Forest and Landscape Restoration, GHG emissions/reductions, National Determined Contribution, Monitoring and data collection, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) ID: 3486829
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