Guérir la Terre Blessée: Le rôle des incitations économiques publiques dans l'intensification des efforts de restauration dans six pays d'Amérique latine

Abstract

Highlights▪ Landscape restoration as a nature-based solution can improve rural livelihoods by increasing food and water security, biodiversity, and soil quality and developing sustainable value chains. Improve monitoring and transparencyFor adaptive management, it is essential to establish a baseline for tracking the progress and impacts of public incentive programs. Diversify tree-based restoration activities with native speciesMost public incentive programs supporting restoration were designed to encourage only tree planting, with little attention to multispecies reforestation and species selection. Including more natives and silviculturual methods is important to increase diversity in restoration practices. Create value for long-term sustainabilityPublic incentives must be conceived as an investment to create value, not a cost. Public incentives can help to reduce the up-front cost of impact investments in restoration, thus reducing the risk in investments. Attach programs to laws and robust institutionsAttaching incentives to laws can ensure long-term application, but to make environmental and agricultural laws effective, institutions with strong management and operational capabilities must lead the implementation of the programs.