Landscapes:- What are they?- Measuring performance- Links to development goals- Scaling up investments

PeterHolmgrenDirector‐General,CIFOR

Vision

CIFOR vision:Forests on the agenda - Value of forests recognized

Decisions that influence forests and people supported by solid

science and principles of good governance

Poverty: How can forest and forestry contribute to the solutions?

Food security, nutrition and health: Opportunities for sustainable,equitable and effective provision of food, nutrients and medicine.

Climate change: Forests and forestry are essential for climate changemitigation and adaption.

Biodiversity: Effective integration of conservation and development

Production forestry for renewable materials and energy

Sustainable landscapes: Forests are an integral part ofthe landscape and essential for livelihoods as well as long-term resilience and productivity of food systems. We mustbridge institutional boundaries and find integratedsolutions.

Green growth: Policies for a green economy shouldgenerate sustainable forest products and services, ensuregood governance of natural resources, and reduce poverty.

Greengrowth

Livelihoods,income

Food&nutrition

Agricultureresilience

Biodiversity

Climatechange

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Forestindustry

Forestry priorities are different

Climatechange

Foodandnutrition

Biodiversity

Livelihoods,income Greengrowth

Agriculture,resilience

Landscape objectives & performance measures

Can Sustainable Landscapes be one SDG?

Sustainable landscapes defined above• Universal performance/verification measures• Applicable to any scale anywhere

Sustainable landscapes relate to all SD dimensions• Livelihoods of billlions, many poor• Biggest part of the environmental challenges• Essential component of the green economy

What needs to be resolved?• Forests to come out of the MDG ”environment box”• Land-based sectors to join on Landscapes• Higher-level political move to simplify SDGs

Investments at scale in Sustainable Landscapes

Sustainable landscapes defined above• Universal performance/verification measures• Applicable to any scale anywhere

Sustainable landscapes can be profitable• They host billions of mostly small-scale enterprises• Investments at scale must drive sustainable development

Why is it not happening?• Limited access to affordable and long-term finance• Focus on how to use public funds not effective• Risk management needs to evolve• Transaction costs must come down

• Cutacrosstraditionalsectorboundariesinpolicyinterventions–SustainableLandscapes=SDG?

• Supportaffordableandlong‐termfinanceforlandscapeinvestments

• Investinresearchthataddressthelandscapelevelandmakeevidence‐basedpoliciespossible

Policy implications