INVESTING IN TREES AND LANDSCAPE ... - PROFOR
INVESTING IN TREES AND LANDSCAPE ... - PROFOR
INVESTING IN TREES AND LANDSCAPE ... - PROFOR
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HISTORICALLY, BOTH PUBLIC <strong>AND</strong> PRIVATE SECTOR <strong>IN</strong>VESTMENTS <strong>IN</strong> L<strong>AND</strong>SCAPE<br />
RESTORATION MEASURES SUCH AS REFORESTATION <strong>AND</strong> AGROFORESTRY <strong>IN</strong> SUB-SAHARAN<br />
AFRICA HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THEIR POTENTIAL FOR GENERAT<strong>IN</strong>G <strong>IN</strong>COME, MOBILIZ<strong>IN</strong>G<br />
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REDUC<strong>IN</strong>G POVERTY, <strong>IN</strong>CREAS<strong>IN</strong>G FOOD SECURITY, <strong>AND</strong><br />
PROTECT<strong>IN</strong>G <strong>AND</strong> RESTOR<strong>IN</strong>G THE ENVIRONMENT.<br />
THIS OVERVIEW DRAWS ON THREE BACKGROUND PAPERS PREPARED FOR THE <strong>IN</strong>VESTMENT<br />
FORUM ON MOBILIZ<strong>IN</strong>G PRIVATE <strong>IN</strong>VESTMENT <strong>IN</strong> <strong>TREES</strong> <strong>AND</strong> L<strong>AND</strong>SCAPE RESTORATION<br />
<strong>IN</strong> AFRICA, WHICH WAS HELD <strong>IN</strong> NAIROBI, KENYA <strong>IN</strong> MAY 2011. IT <strong>IN</strong>CLUDES EXAMPLES<br />
OF TREE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE PRIVATE <strong>IN</strong>VESTMENT<br />
<strong>IN</strong>TEREST, DESCRIPTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS <strong>AND</strong> PLACES WHERE TREE PLANT<strong>IN</strong>G HAS BEEN<br />
SUCCESSFUL, <strong>AND</strong> A LOOK AT THE CONSTRA<strong>IN</strong>TS <strong>AND</strong> OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DRIV<strong>IN</strong>G<br />
PRIVATE-SECTOR <strong>IN</strong>VESTMENT.<br />
Cover Photo: Tanzania, Mikkel Ostergaard/PANOS<br />
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