Investing in sustainable landscapes for green returns
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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