Global Landscapes Forum: Tackling the $4.5 trillion challenge of financing landscape restoration

Tackling the $4.5 trillion challenge of financing landscape restoration 


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24 May 2018

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Tackling the $4.5 trillion challenge of financing landscape restoration

GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM THIRD INVESTMENT CASE SYMPOSIUM


WASHINGTON (May 24, 2018) –Join 250 investors, policymakers, environmentalists and scientists in Washington to hear Jennifer Pryce, chief executive of Calvert Impact Capital, at Global Landscapes Forum Third Investment Case Symposium and others speak on the role investors can play in tackling the world’s $4.5 trillion land degradation problem.

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The World Bank’s Laura Tuck, Mars’ Howard Yano-Shapiro, Chief Tashka, leader of the Yawanawa indigenous people in Brazil and other financial experts and policymakers are gathering to tackle the challenge of funding the restoration of more than 2 billion hectares of degraded land worldwide, a footprint larger than South America. Land degradation is estimated to cost the global economy up to $4.5 trillion a year, while economic benefits of restoration efforts are an estimated $84 billion a year, according to a 2017 research paper published in Environmental Research Letters, and statistics from World Resources Institute. Private investment can play a critical role in reversing the 7 million hectares of tropical forest landscapes that are cleared and degraded each year and putting livelihoods at risk, triggering global warming, mass migration and conflict.

Streamed live from World Bank facilities in Washington, D.C. conference will include the following:

    Dragons’ Den pitches include International Woodland Co., an investment firm managing almost $5 billion in land assets, for a $150 million pitch in a bid to secure business financing and partnerships for a 15-year Treenewable Climate Fund. Video: https://youtu.be/dBhMUyGre-Q. Fairventures Worldwide hopes to scale up its Indonesian forest restoration operations with a bid for $17.4 million in financial backing. Video: https://youtu.be/iA7pIIWKPAA

    At least one other project valued between $5 million and $250 million will also be pitched on site.

    Speakers: Including Bas Ruter from Rabobank, Chris Brown from Olam International, David Brand from New Forests, Charles Batte from Tree Adoption Uganda, Ava Holmes from Fashion for Conservation, Leslie Weldon from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Top companies with firm commitments to sustainable initiatives will also tell all about their activities on the frontlines of landscape restoration. See full line up of speakers here.

    Landscape Talks: Seven-minute bytes packed with information. Similar format to Ted Talks. Speakers free themselves from the podium and PowerPoint lecture to share ground-breaking ideas and views. Get the inside scoop on the landscape restoration sector. See all talks here.

    The agenda includes sessions hosted by the World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ChromaWay. View here.

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What: Third annual Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Investment Case Symposium: Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration

When: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 0900 to 1800 EDT (1300 to 2200 GMT)

Where: International Finance Corporation, 2121 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., 20433, USA

On site at IFC: Members of the press must apply for accreditation – Contact us for invite.

Online: We will offer a full digital edition of the plenary sessions in addition to discussion forums. Register here  to be notified when feed goes live.

CONTACT

For further information or to arrange interviews with delegates (remote interviews available):


Julie Mollins
Communications
Global Landscape Forum
Center for International Forestry Research
j.mollins@cgiar.org


Conference themes are underpinned by the goals of the GLF, which include accelerating the achievement of emissions reduction goals set by the 2015 Paris Climate Accord and the multiple targets of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, the Bonn Challenge and AFR100 restoration goals.


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The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led multi-sectoral platform for integrated land use, bringing together world leaders, scientists, private sector representatives, farmers and community leaders and civil society to accelerate action towards the creation of more resilient, equitable, profitable, and climate-friendly landscapes. The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), UN Environment, and The World Bank launched the Forum in Warsaw in 2013, alongside the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP). With core funding provided by the German government, the GLF is entering its next five-year phase with a launch a movement of 1 billion people towards the creation of sustainable landscapes.

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