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Agadir, Maroc 20 - 24 mars 2017 Forest financing approaches in the Mediterranean: elements of a state of the art Ludwig Liagre Elena Gorriz Mifsud Programme officer, Senior Researcher Global Mechanism - UNCCD EFIMED

Financing approaches Payments for National Climate Public lead Ecosystem Forest Funds finance Services Private Corporate Private lead investments Social Crowdfunding (with fin. Responsibility returns) 2

National Forest Funds  Operational : Croatia, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, Turkey  Under design : Lebanon, Spain

Payments for Ecosystem Services • Payments for old-growth forest conservation (Catalonia, Spain): 52 reserves so far, 20 years commitment with private & municipal forests • Water tariffs : Italy – reinvestment of some regions into forest management • Habitat banking: CDC biodiversité (France) – biodiversity compensation of impacting projects • Direct forest entry fees : National Park Cinque Terre (Italy), Arinsal snowshoing forest circuit (Spain) • Indirect forest entry fees ( parking fee ): Malniu lake (Pyrenees), Montserrat park (Spain)… • Morocco : shepherds compensation mechanism 4

Climate finance  REDD+ Morocco, Tunisia: UN-REDD member countries Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey: AFD/FFEM project – component on REDD+ readiness Tunisia: FCPF readiness support  NAMA : Lebanon  Green Climate Fund Morocco: Development of Argan Orchards in Degraded Environment (DARED) Further opportunities

Private investments in value chains o Commercial banks o Impact funds o LDN Finance, e.g. the LDN Fund Project o Enabling environment, e.g. Nagoya Protocol and ABS mechanism

Corporate Social Responsibility  CSR Platforms for Forests  Donations : punctual targeted payments Examples:  Coca-cola Portugal agreement with WWF/APFCertifica  Voluntary CO2 compensationsthrough HuellaCero (Spain)

Crowdfunding Spain : Mirlo Positive Nature Lebanon : partnership with crowdfunding platforms 8

For more information on FLR financing http://www.fao.org/in-action/forest-landscape-restoration- GM-UNCCD & FAO publications mechanism/resources/publications/en/

Ludwig Liagre, lliagre@unccd.int Elena Gorriz Mifsud, elena.gorriz@efi.int