Climate finance for sustainable forest management 23 May 2016 | UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany

Benjamin Singer UNFF Secretariat

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Financing

unsustainable

forestry (e.g.,

over-logging) Financing SFM in the

forest sector (e.g.,

certification, forestry

administration)

Forest financing

Forest sector

financing

Agriculture sector

financing

Financing

sustainable

agroforestry

Energy sector

financing

Tourism sector

financing

Forest-based

ecotourism

financing

Financing

unsustainable

tourism (e.g., certain

types of mass

tourism)

Financing

unsustainable

agriculture (e.g.,

certain subsidies)

Financing certain

renewable energies

Financing

unsustainable

energy sources

(e.g., fossil fuel

subsidies)

The “sector” typology

Source: Singer, B. (2016). Financing SFM: the case for a holistic approach. International Forestry Review 18(1):96-109.

Neutral

financing

Neutral

financing

Neutral

financing

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Forest financing

The “Rio Marker” typology

e.g., financing

forest landscape

restoration

e.g., REDD+

e.g., payments

for ecosystem

services

Climate change

financing

Biodiversity

financing

Land degradation

financing

Source: Singer, B. (2016). Financing SFM: the case for a holistic approach. International Forestry Review 18(1):96-109.

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Not only REDD+

UN-REDD

Adaptation

Fund

FCPF GEF SCCF

FIP

BioCarbon Fund

CDM

GCF

Bilateral

donors

National /

regional funds

NAMA

Facility

ICF

Private sector

Forest financing Climate financing

UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN)

Promote the design of national financing strategies

Build capacity in project design and formulation

Clearinghouse on existing, new and emerging financing opportunities

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Thank You

Benjamin Singer UN Forum on Forests Secretariat

2 UN Plaza, DC2-2310A, New York, NY 10017

E: singerb@un.org | W: www.un.org/esa/forests