Finance Approaches for Landscape Initiatives

Beyond projects that forest leaders implemented through small seed investments, the money also got other organizations involved in the landscape to pitch in their support and additional funds.

The Landscape Finance Strategy for the Alto Mayo Landscape presents a roadmap for financing sustainable development in Peru’s San Martín region.

Learn how investing in global development strengthens American prosperity and security, as EcoAgriculture Partners calls for renewed commitment to international aid.

When it comes to land restoration, integrated solutions are not just an ideal, they are the foundation of thriving ecosystems and communities.

Join EcoAgriculture Partners at COP16 to explore landscape restoration, agroecology, and biodiversity finance solutions for a sustainable future.

As finance is a significant obstacle to tackling climate challenges, landscape finance conversations took over Climate Week NYC 2024, one of the premier annual global climate events.

EcoAg Seed Grants are transforming landscapes in Latin America by funding 15 projects that promote sustainability, community leadership, and Integrated Landscape Management.

Explore key biodiversity and climate priorities shaping global negotiations and landscape solutions at the latest COP conference.

An initiative created by nonprofit Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda to help transform small restaurants into thriving businesses.

Philanthropic funds that take a broader view are helping cotton growers produce more sustainably and profitably for themselves and supply chains. Will industry and government commit, too?

Guyana’s highway-building project is quickly approaching a fork. Taking one path could lead to robust and equitable sustainable development that brings along Indigenous and poor rural communities while protecting critical ecosystems.

Regenerative agriculture is both a process and an outcome. Farmers adopt practices such as growing cover crops and instituting mixed farming systems like agroforestry or integrated crop and livestock production.

Avacadoes: From toppings for Millennials’ toast to a tortilla chip’s perfect pairing, it’s impossible to ignore their increasing demand.

Explore 11 areas for collaborative action to scale integrated landscape finance and transform financial systems for sustainable landscapes.

The interconnectivity that ILM nurtures is evident when one eats along the Ruta de Sabor, supporting small eateries with walls made of earth, a seasonal menu and notable energy conservation efforts.

The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) includes ambitious targets requiring significant resource mobilization to achieve the biodiversity goals set.

Unsustainable production presents many challenges for food systems, but agricultural improvements alone won’t solve global food system challenges.

At the Skoll World Forum, we advocated for global leaders to consider landscape approaches to meet their conservation and development goals.

Solving challenging global issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss requires collaboration between different sectors and stakeholders.

Experts at Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) 6th Investment Case Symposium say that the financial sector may begin to take a role in helping society address climate change, land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

EcoAgriculture Partners will work with Conservation International to improve financial tools to help landscapes secure funding for ecosystem-based climage adaptation (EbA) projects.

Sustainable agricultural innovation is happening worldwide, but investors often overlook small-scale producers when providing funding.

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and National Biodiversity Finance Plans development will consider all sector roles in conserving biodiversity.

Landscape partnerships need policy support and can advance policy goals, landscape-scale biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development.

An article published in the journal Science asserts that voluntary carbon markets, trading in credits to counterbalance climate change-inducing carbon dioxide, fail to maximize the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions they could offset.

How Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs) mobilize corporate investment to fund regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions.

This introductory brief provides an accessible overview of integrated landscape finance (ILF) and how it can help mobilize and coordinate investment for more sustainable and resilient landscapes.

This paper introduces the concept of a landscape bond, explains its importance, who might issue the bond, and likely investors.

Rainforest Alliance and EcoAgriculture Partners hosted a high-level panel for the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, exploring landscape restoration finance strategies.

Three territorial development networks came together for the XIII International Forum on Territorial Development and the VI International Congress for Rural Development.

Tropenbos International y EcoAgriculture se han asociado para desarrollar la metodología de Evaluación de Flujos Financieros en el Paisaje (LAFF).

The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is calling for bold and inclusive actions to create a more sustainable and equitable food system for people and nature

A presentation of the methodology and initial findings of the draft report ‘Transforming the Financial System for Investment in Sustainable Landscapes’.

A key milestone in the design research of 1000L was a workshop on Transforming the Financial System for Investment in Sustainable Landscapes.

1000 Landscapes for One Billion People has published a pioneering report detailing models of financial mechanisms that can enable integrated, landscape-scale transformations.

This report details emerging models of financial mechanisms that can enable integrated, landscape-scale transformations.

This report details emerging models of financial mechanisms that can enable integrated, landscape-scale transformations.

A summary of the results of Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows (LAFF methodology) pilot projects, and a follow-up to the initial report.

Stakeholders from across Africa, under the auspices of the African Landscape Dialogue, have been unpacking challenges and identifying workable solutions to build landscape resilience in Africa.

2019 brought an explosion of action globally to use Integrated Landscape Management (ILM), as a means to implement the Sustainable Development Goals building on local values and priorities.

The North America Landscape Finance Forum (NALFF) explored integrated landscape investment models in the U.S. and Canada, where some of the most innovative initiatives are taking place.

EcoAgriculture Partners focus on two major categories of landscape finance innovation: landscape investment vehicles and landscape investment support services

A practical two-phase approach for stakeholders to identify sources of finance for new investment ideas and financial flows most in need of transformation.

The Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows will help landscape initiatives ID funds for key projects and target investments that are driving degradation.

ILM offers a strategy for scaling up agroforestry by mobilizing collaborative efforts among multi-sector stakeholders, by combining interests and expertise.

Comprised of researchers, private and public-sector financial institutions, and leading civil society organizations, the Coalition develops investment models that yield solid financial and environmental returns.

An ~8 hour online course to help take you from finance novice to landscape finance leader, with innovative interventions that cut across sectors.

EcoAgriculture Partners took our experience supporting landscape leaders to implement Integrated Landscape Management to the masses at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn.

EcoAgriculture Partners and IUCN NL formalize their partnership to advance landscape finance, developing tools and training for sustainable investment worldwide.

Join Seth Shames and collaborators as they reflect on the Kilombero Valley workshop, addressing SDGs and the critical balance between agriculture and conservation.

How the Kilombero Valley is transforming through sustainable investment strategies aimed at preserving its rich biodiversity and promoting agricultural growth.

The Landscape Investment and Finance Toolkit (LIFT) toolkit helps landscape partnerships attract investment to finance their plans to achieve the SDGs.

A set of Landscape Investment and Finance Tool modules that help landscape initiatives define, develop and find finance for their landscape priorities.

Discover how the Landscape Investment and Finance Toolkit (LIFT) helps communities secure funding for sustainable landscape management.

Explore how China’s ecological civilization vision is driving Integrated Landscape Management, restoration, and sustainable development.

Innovative landscape finance can mobilize investment, support the SDGs, and drive sustainable landscape transformation.

Learn how businesses, investors, governments, and communities can work together to support sustainable landscapes, reduce risks, and promote inclusive green growth.

Food flow mapping helps guide Integrated Landscape Management by linking agriculture, ecosystems, and sustainable development in Kenya.

In this paper we provide a snapshot of the successes, challenges, and innovations in investment in Integrated Landscape Management in Kenya.

CAMBio conservation finance helped Guatemalan cardamom farmers recover from economic challenges while supporting sustainable land management.

Women’s land rights and participation in land-use decisions are essential for sustainable landscapes, conservation, and resilient communities.

Integrated landscape finance connects agriculture, conservation, and development investments to create sustainable social, economic, and environmental outcomes.

EcoAgriculture Partners advanced Integrated Landscape Management at COP21, launching new tools, partnerships, and finance solutions for SDGs.

New models of investment and finance are needed. These resource management approaches are called integrated landscape management (ILM).

EcoAgriculture Partners gave a presentation at Artisans of the Grasslands: how finance for Integrated Landscape Management is changing and where it needs to shift to sustainable development and regenerative agriculture.

A booklet for leaders of African agriculture, food and beverage companies, and for civil society and government land managers working to engage them.

The Needs and Opportunities Assessment was designed to inform the production of a set of training materials, primarily a short booklet and poster.

To tackle the obstacles to increased sustainable development finance, we’re working on a national level assessment of the opportunities and challenges for integrated landscape investments in Kenya.

To achieve agri-environmental goals at scale, well-organized government policy goals, framework and strategy for Agriculture Green Growth are essential.

Landscapes for People Food and Nature Initiative’s finance working group organized two sessions on integrated landscape investment at the Investment Case event – encouraging investment coordination for sustainable landscapes.

How the business sector is gaining experience in landscape approaches in African agricultural regions, and priority action areas for increasing business engagement

The African ILM finance context, challenges and opportunities, and recommendations in support of improved financing opportunities for ILM in Africa.

Conserving biodiversity globally by increasing awareness, support, and adoption of biodiversity-friendly BMPs across agricultural commodity value chains.

Over the last fifty years, the Lake Naivasha catchment has seen a seventeen-fold population increase and explosion of aquaculture and the cut flower industry.

According to UNESCO, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlantica) is one of the world’s five most important biodiversity hotspots.

This paper discusses needs, reviews barriers, and provides recommendations for the financing of Integrated Landscape Management.

In-depth case studies of three landscapes allowed us to identify an investment pathway for successful ILIs.

Case studies of financial institutions investing in ILM through targeted or multi-sector funding to improve their efficiency.

Public sector finance institutions must aggregate and coordinate ILM finance, improve the risk profile of ILM, and mainstream the ILM business case

A Framework for Agriculture Green Growth in SAGCOT (the ‘Greenprint’) refining the SAGCOT strategy to promote development in the Corridor

Forum: identified investment opportunities; the main constraints to investment, and policy and institutional reforms needed to overcome those constraints.