Private investment in landscape initiativesKey messages from the Forum on Investing in Trees and Landcape Restoration in Africa

Frank Place, World Agroforestry Centre

Photo: Lynn Johnson, Ripple EffectSmallholders in the International Small Group & Tree Planting Program, Kenya

Tree based components in landscapes Tree products provide enormous global

revenue and demand is rising

Tree based systems provide income streams and many environmental services

. . . . . . . and they complement well other landscape management options

Investment opportunities & constraints

Investors include existing land managers; value adding entrepreneurs; and external finance, agribusiness, and funds

Diverse constraints inhibit greater private investment in landscapes

‘Soft’ public investment can ease constraints

Where are the opportunities?

Source: World Resources Institute / Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration

Integrated landscapes exist, but potential for more is vast

Scaling up landscape restoration approaches

Trees & landscape restoration must be addressed in the decentralization agenda Local value addition increases incentives for landscape restoration Policies that support good resource governance encourage private investment