Support for Sustainable Forests Management – Delivering multiple benefits

Support for SFM – delivering multiple benefits

GEF-6 Approach

Why support SFM?

From FAO FRA 2006

Experience from GEF-5

• $700 million invested

• $4.6 billion co-finance

• 80+ countries

• Multi-focal projects

• Landscape level interventions

GEF-6 SFM Goal & Impacts

• Goal: To achieve multiple environmental, social and economic benefits from improved management of all types of forests and trees outside of forests.

• Impacts: Sustainable management of forest resources that improves rural livelihoods to achieve environmental benefits.

Objective 1: Maintained Forest ResourcesReduce the pressures on high conservation value forests by addressing the drivers of deforestation

• Outcomes

– Cross-sector policy and planning approaches at appropriate governance scales, avoid the loss of high conservation value forests

– Innovative mechanisms avoid the loss of high conservation value forest

Objective 2: Enhanced Forest Management Maintain flows of forest ecosystem services and improve resilience to climate change through SFM

• Outcomes:

– Increased application of good management practices in all forests by relevant government, local community and private sector actors

– Increased contribution of sustained forest ecosystem services to national economies and local livelihoods

Objective 3:Restored Forest EcosystemsReverse the loss of ecosystem services within degraded forest landscapes

• Outcomes:

– Integrated landscape restoration plans to maintain forest ecosystem services are implemented at appropriate scales by government, private sector and local community actors

Objective 4: Increased Regional and Global CooperationEnhance regional and global coordination on efforts to maintain forest resources, enhance forest management, and restore forest ecosystems through the transfer of international experience and know-how

• Outcomes

– Improved collaboration between countries and across sectors on the implementation of SFM

How The Incentive Mechanism Works

Investments from

2+ FAs seeking

multiple benefits

from managing

forests sustainably

Incentive funds

released in ratio

of 2:1 of FA

investment

STAR Resources

BD

CC

LD

e.g. BD $2,000,000

LD $1,000,000+ SFM $1,500,000

Total Project

$4,500,000

GEF-6 SFM

Incentive