Blended Finance for Sustainable Landscapes
This technical brief aims to provide development practitioners with an overview of how blended finance has been used in the sustainable landscapes sector, using one sub-sector – forestry – to focus the discussion.
The primary audience for this document is development practitioners who are leading sustainable landscapes proposal and design efforts. The document includes practical data points and discussion of (i) why blended finance can be useful in driving more sustainable forestry management and sector practices; (ii) how blended finance has been used in the sector, through the lens of several case studies; and (iii) key considerations during the design of blended finance solutions within sustainable forestry programs.