Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows

Overview

Tropenbos International and EcoAgriculture Partners jointly developed the Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows (LAFF methodology) in 2018. This report is a summary of the pilot implementations of the methodology between November 2018 and August 2019, in Indonesia and Ghana.

Collaborative landscape initiatives demonstrate the enormous potential to mobilize stakeholders across sectors, supporting them to work together on shared objectives. This meets a wide range of human needs, economic goals and ecosystem objectives. However, implementing these partnerships is challenging. Perspectives, values and ways of working differ greatly among partners; in many cases, there is a legacy of misunderstanding and distrust. Strategies and tools are needed to overcome the resulting tendency for stalemate and conflict. To support these landscape initiatives, Tropenbos International and EcoAgriculture Partners jointly developed the Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows (LAFF methodology).

Between November 2018 and August 2019, pilot projects were implemented in Indonesia and Ghana. The goal was to address the following questions:

• Does the LAFF methodology meet its objectives?
• What aspects of the methodology could be improved?
• Are the results of LAFF implementation useful for the development of strategies that will lead to greater positive impacts by new or existing investments on the landscape objectives?

This report is a summary of the results found of these pilot projects, and a follow-up to the initial report published in 2018.