finance for integrated landscape management

Global Landscapes Forum

FOR INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT

FINANCE

Paris, Dec 5, 2015

Seth Shames, EcoAgriculture Partners

ILM OPTIMIZES THE LANDSCAPE BENEFITS FOR A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS

Source: Gross and Wertz 2015

ILM CAN REDUCE RISKS, MAKING INVESTMENTS MORE SUCCESSFUL

Source: Gross and Wertz 2015

DEVELOPING THIS PAPER

KEY CHALLENGES AND EMERGING SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCING INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE INVESTMENTS

• Incorporating landscape criteria

• Mitigating investment risk

• Engagement in landscape partnerships

• Linking financial flows within landscapes

• Monitoring multiple outcomes

RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADVANCE INVESTMENT AND FINANCE FOR ILM

• Design standards and monitoring systems • Establish landscape investment incubators • Establish brokering services for integrated

landscape deals • Incorporate integrated landscape principles

into public finance • Create frameworks for financing ILM within

national SDG and green growth strategies

To download the paper, peoplefoodandnature.org For more information, please contact: sshames@ecoagriculture.org