The Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows – A Methodology

Overview

This practical two-phase approach helps stakeholders identify sources of finance for new investment ideas, find the current financial flows that are most in need of transformation, and/or better understand the elements of a landscape’s financial context that require support.

Two steps to take together toward finance for sustainable landscapes

Collaborative landscape initiatives have demonstrated enormous potential to mobilize stakeholders across sectors, supporting them to work together toward shared objectives of landscape regeneration. This meets a wide range of human needs, economic goals and ecosystem objectives.

To advance this work, Tropenbos International and EcoAgriculture have partnered to develop the Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows (LAFF) methodology. This practical two-phase approach helps stakeholders identify sources of finance for new investment ideas, find the current financial flows that are most in need of transformation, and/or better understand the elements of a landscape’s financial context that require support.