Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes

Abstract

Acknowledgements vi Executive summary vii 1 Introduction 2 Definitions and analytical framework 2.1 Sustainable landscape approaches and inclusive finance 2.2 Innovative finance: some definitions 2.3 The actors involved in inclusive finance and finance for sustainable landscapes 3 Constraints for LFFPOs to access finance and contribute to sustainable landscapes 3.1 Access to finance 3.2 Challenges to achieving positive impacts on sustainability in the landscape 4 Mobilizing actors and investments for sustainable and inclusive landscapes through innovative finance 4.1 Blended finance 4.2 Green bonds 4.3 Crowdfunding 4.4 Synthesis 4.5 Other innovations 4.6 Scaling up innovations 5 Concluding remarks References Photos 1 Opening up new landscapes in DRC 2 Shifting cultivation in Indonesia 3 Forest landscape in Sabah 4 Reinvesting in degraded lands combining grey and green solutions in Venezuela 5 Cooperative brazil nut processor in Riberalta, Bolivia 6 Tourism opportunities in Chiapas Mexico 7 Payment for environmental services as a means to link national goals to local needs in Chiapas Mexico 8 Marketable Brazil nut products Riberalta, Bolivia 9 Managing forests for both local and international environmental services in Desa Gema village forest, Indonesia 10 Independent oilpalm production in a mosaic of food cropping and secondary and primary forest in Indonesia 11 Forested areas in Balai Berkuak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia 12 Community's rubber plantation in Laman Satong Village, West Kalimantan, Indonesia 13 Well managed local tourism can combine biodiversity benefits with knowledge generation (scientific tourism) and local income 14 Rowing orchids outside the forest is a specialist job but may generate interesting business opportunities if well regulated 15 Cocoa beans drying in the sun, Juaboso, Ghana 16 Aerial view of Cali hamlet in Gunung Tarak protection forest, Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia List of photos, figures, tables and boxes v Boxes 1 Examples of financial instruments 2 Limitations to access to financial services for LFFPOs 3 Factors that influence the degree of sustainable results that can be achieved by investments 4 New Forests' Tropical Asia Forest Fund 5 The Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF) 6 Examples of landscape-oriented bonds 7 Crowdfunding platform Kivaa 8 Digital financial services 9 The community forest association ACOFOP in El Peten, Guatemalaa 10 Forest company Komazaa vi This includes detailed case studies that provide examples of innovative forms of financing used to achieve sustainable practices and bring these to scale.