Forest (Sustainable) Landscapes
Sustainable Landscapes centers on sustaining healthy and functioning forests, agrarian landscapes, waterways, coastal and marine ecosystems. Forests, soils, wetlands (including peatlands and mangroves) as well as marine systems are natural assets or natural capital which are interconnected and provide services which are of significant value to sustaining local and global economies.
Unfortunately, natural capital has been under-priced and under-protected, which has lead to environmental loss with consequential economic and societal impacts, especially the billions of rural households dependent on natural resources. Degradation of ecosystems cost governments and land users USD 10.6 trillion a year, which is 17% of the world’s GDP.
Key economic sectors in agriculture (including aquaculture), forestry and other land uses have been key drivers. 20-24% of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from the AFOLU sectors and although mangrove forests represent less than 1% of tropical forest area globally, they account for up to 10% of all emissions from deforestation. Recent studies have also highlighted that tropical peat fires – usually because of agriculture or poor land management – account for at least 25% of the total greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.
Sustainable management and restoring the functions of these forests, waterways, agrarian, coastal and marine systems is critical for inclusive and sustainable economic growth – green growth.
Even though the private sector is financing increasing numbers of projects in these natural resource based sectors, investment towards landscape restoration falls short by approximately USD 300 billion a year.
Private investment in sustainable natural resource use and restoration of landscapes are scarce. Risks remain too high for mainstream investors and regulatory policy uncertain for sustainable and climate resilient investments.
Projects
NP11
Thematic Areas
Countries
NP11 Driving Ecosystem Restoration and Resilient Economic Growth by Unlocking Nepal’s Bamboo Sector
Start Date | Q1 September 20, 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 91,872 |
Status | Complete |
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PE08
Countries
PE08 Agroforestry Concessions (AgroFor)
Start Date | Q1 Feb 24 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 879,839 |
Status | Active |
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rw37
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW37 Green Investment Mobilization to Support Rwanda’s Planned National Volcanoes Park Expansion
Start Date | Q2 2022 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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GY05
Thematic Areas
Countries
GY05 Monitoring, Reporting and Management Support for Guyana-Norway Partnership portofolio
Start Date | Q3 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 1,168,923 |
Status | Active |
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CO07
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO07 Direct Access Entity Support and Sustainable AFOLU Pipeline Development in Colombia
Start Date | Q4 23 November 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 377,822 |
Status | Active |
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CI01
Thematic Areas
Countries
CI01 Supporting Direct Access in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Start Date | Q4 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 119,784 |
Status | Active |
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IN12
Thematic Areas
Countries
IN12 Narmada Landscape Restoration Project
Start Date | Q2 15-6-2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 3,500,000 |
Status | Active |
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BF08
Thematic Areas
Countries
BF08 Solar PV electricity for agricultural development
Start Date | Q1 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 76,500 |
Status | Complete |
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SN14
Thematic Areas
Countries
SN14 Solar-Powered Irrigation for Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley
Start Date | Q1 January 2021 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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RW17
Thematic Areas
Countries
RW17 GCF National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness and Preparatory Support for Building Flood Resilience Capacities in Rwanda
Start Date | Q1 03-01-2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 1,823,993 |
Status | Active |
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ID05
Thematic Areas
Countries
ID05 Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP)
Start Date | Q1 1 February 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 569,865 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
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ID04
Thematic Areas
Countries
ID04 Green Growth Program Phase III Landscapes (GGP3 Landscapes) 2020-2022
Start Date | Q4 1 October 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 10,000,000 |
Status | Active |
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MM18
Thematic Areas
Countries
MM18 Analysis of Mangrove Ecosystem Services to the Ayeyarwady Region for the Myanmar Natural Capital Accounting Program in the Ayeyarwady Region
Start Date | Q2 May 10 2020 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 80,000 |
Status | Complete |
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Thematic Areas
Project Reference Profiles – Sri Lanka(LK01) Scoping and program development
Start Date | Q1 June 1 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 79,047 |
Status | Active |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
KI02 Development of an Agricultural Strategy as an Addendum to the KV20 – Kiribati’s National Development Plan
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 121,238 |
Status | Active |
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MM03
Thematic Areas
Countries
MM03 Mangrove Restoration Program in Myanmar
Start Date | Q1 Apr 1 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 150,920 |
Status | Active |
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MM11
Thematic Areas
Countries
MM11 Distributed Ledger Technology Powered Improved Cookstoves Finance Facility (DLTICS)
Start Date | Q1 Oct 1 2018 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 82,479 |
Status | Active |
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PE05
Thematic Areas
Countries
PE05 Mitigating Deforestation in Peru through Land Use Formalization
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 130,233 |
Status | Complete |
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ET13
Thematic Areas
Countries
ET13 Support the Forest Sector Transformation Unit, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission
Start Date | Q2 2019 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
Status | Active |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
BF03 Green growth governance- Supporting Sustainable Landscape and Scaling Up of Ecovillages Development Model
Start Date | Q1 20190305 |
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Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 31,524 |
Status | Complete |
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News
News • March 16, 2023
GGGI facilitates Korea Forestry Service (KFS) scoping mission to Guyana.
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, MARCH 03, 2023 – On March 3, a delegation from Korea Forestry Service (KFS) met with a high-level team from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) during a scoping mission to explore areas of cooperation in relation to forest and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+). The meeting was facilitated by the Global […]
News • February 20, 2023
GGGI collaborates with MARE & MESDET of Senegal and MAFRA of the Republic of Korea to implement a CSA program.
Dakar, Senegal, Friday, February 17, 2023 – Senegal today launched a new project titled: Climate-smart agriculture and sustainable value chains in Senegal River Valley. The project aims to help enhance agricultural productivity and climate resilience for rice and vegetable value chains by adopting inclusive digital transformation and innovation and promoting resilient farms. The delegation led […]
News • December 20, 2022
Gobierno del Perú publica el primer Reporte de Asignación e Impacto de Bonos Sostenibles
El reporte, elaborado por el Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas con la asistencia técnica del Global Green Growth Institute, es parte del compromiso del gobierno peruano como emisor de bonos sostenibles de informar sobre los avances en la asignación de capital captado a partir de la primera emisión de los dos Bonos Sostenibles y un […]
News • September 6, 2022
Profonanpe y el Global Green Growth Institute firman acuerdo de cooperación interinstitucional para promover el financiamiento verde en el Perú
La alianza interinstitucional se realiza como parte de los esfuerzos de ambas instituciones para promover el financiamiento y el diseño de iniciativas conjuntas alineadas a las prioridades nacionales en materia de conservación de ecosistemas, biodiversidad, economía circular y cambio climático. Lima, 30 agosto de 2022 .- Con el objetivo de potenciar el cumplimiento de las […]
News • July 27, 2022
KOICA signs a Grant Arrangement with GGGI to implement a $5.99M project to support Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain, Nepal.
On June 29, 2022, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed an agreement for implementation of the project “Building Climate Resilience and Reintegrating Economically Displaced Workers Through Climate Smart Agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain, Nepal.” The project has a budget of $5.99 million and will be implemented […]
News • June 27, 2022
Second Technical Advisory Consultation for GGGI Aral Sea GRIP – Tashkent, 22 June
On 22 June 2022 GGGI Uzbekistan and the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) conducted the second 2022 Aral Sea GRIP Technical Advisory Consultation under the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address the Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP) in Tashkent. The event was honored with the […]
News • June 16, 2022
Government of Rwanda and GGGI Sign and endorse the new 2021-2025 Rwanda Country Planning Framework (CPF)
On 13 May, Kigali , Rwanda the Minister of State , Ministry of Infrastructure Eng Patricie Uwase and the GGGI Rwanda Country Representative Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya have officially endorsed & signed the new five year 2021-2025 Rwanda Country Planning Framework (CPF). The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) would like to thank all the stakeholders and […]
News • May 27, 2022
GGGI AT COP15 ON DESERTIFICATION
UNCCD CoP 15 was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from May 9 to 20, 2022. This was GGGI’s first participation at the desertification CoP, marked by a video message from P&C of GGGI Mr. Ban Ki Moon, and a statement from DDG Mrs. Helena Mcleod at the Heads of State summit, in which GGGI pledged […]
News • May 24, 2022
Stakeholders Vow to Back up Implementation of KOICA’s-funded CRFLR Program in Oromia Region
Participants of the KOICA-funded Climate Resilient Forest and Landscape Restoration (CRFLR) Program familiarization workshop in the Oromia regional state have pledged to provide all the necessary supports for the successful implementation of the Program in the region. The participants made their utter commitments affirming that the Program will help redress the debilitating impacts of deforestation […]
News • May 6, 2022
GGGI at Cop15 on desertification
Cote d’Ivoire is hosting the Fifteen’s Conference of the parties (COP) from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, a major conference to address the future of Land management, from May 9 to May 20. The main challenge around “Land. Life. Legacy: From Scarcity to Prosperity,” is a call to action to ensure that land, […]
News • April 28, 2022
Uganda Building committees in 5 Districts trained on Green Buildings
What are building committees? In 2013, the Building Control Act of Uganda established a building committee in each district and urban authority. The act also established the National Building Review Board (NBRB) to oversee the activities of the building committees. The building committee is responsible for issuing building permits after reviewing the building proposals submitted […]
News • April 6, 2022
GGGI held the ordinary session of the senegal cooperation steering committee
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development convened the ordinary session of the steering committee of the GGGI country cooperation programme in Senegal in the presence of the statutory party members. As usual at the beginning of each year, the steering committee meets to examine the evolution of the implementation of the programme in 2021, […]
News • April 6, 2022
Capacity Development for Development Planners in East Kalimantan to Support the Accelerations of SDGs
Strong understanding and capacity of planning staff are essential in formulating indicators of regional development goals, determining regional development targets, and linking provincial and district/city plans. In addition, it ensures the formulation of regional development plans is aligned with the national policies and supports the acceleration of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievements and localizing NDC […]
News • April 6, 2022
Increasing Capacity to Build a Profitable Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Business
The North Kalimantan Provincial Government (Pemprov Kaltara), together with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), held a Capacity Development Training with the theme: Building a Profitable Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Business. The training took place in Tarakan on January 25-28, 2022. This training aimed to increase understanding and build the spirit of strengthening the productive […]
News • March 25, 2022
Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS)
The Uganda Vision 2040 aspires to pursue economic development and socioeconomic transformation premised on the principles of a green economy such as equity, environment sustainability, resource efficiency, climate change adaptation and mitigation and inclusiveness. Accordingly, the National Planning Authority in partnership with the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Water and Environment with financial […]
News • March 24, 2022
Green Champions on Sustainable Use of Forests
March 21, 2022 is the World Forestry Day. The Green champions had chance to offer their views on the sustainable use of forests. The big question: Knowing that the construction sector is a big consumer of forestry resources, what are the green building options to safeguard our forests eco systems? Read more here: 2022-03-21 Pullout […]
News • March 24, 2022
Climate Finance and Women
Out of 1.3 billion people living in poverty, seventy percent are women. Women are seen as more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change since they represent the majority of the world’s poor and more dependent on the threatened natural resources in comparison. While gender equality is proven as ‘smart economics’ that would […]
News • March 24, 2022
GGGI Promoting a Self-Help Model for Cleaning Up Cities in Uganda.
On June 5, 2021, the Global Green Growth Institute in collaboration with the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and key environmental activists/ Civil Society Organizations conducted a one-day outreach at the Ggaba beach market and landing site, a suburb in Kampala Central Division to commemorate the World Environment Day 2021. The purpose of the outreach […]
News • February 11, 2022
Sustainable Urban Wetlands Development within Kigali City- Nyandungu Wetland Eco-park
A rapid growing urban population comes with enormous challenges for city planners and managers. They have to ensure that cities today can deliver not only basic services but that these cities are safe, resilient and environmentally friendly. One of the underlying causes of wetland degradation is lack of knowledge and skills on how wetlands can […]
News • February 3, 2022
Gender Assessment of Stakeholders Report for GCF National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Project on Building Flood Resilience Capacities in Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda; Feb 01, 2022 – GGGI Rwanda is a Delivery Partner supporting the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) – the National Designated Authority (NDA) – on a twenty-four-month project “National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness Support for Building Flood Resilience Capacities in Rwanda.” The GCF NAP Project has a focus on enhancing capacity for integrated […]