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GM is delighted to announce the publication of the working paper entitled “Incentive and Market-based Mechanisms to Promote Sustainable Land Management: framework and tool for applicability”. This analytic instrument has been developed in partnership with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
The paper is part of the GM’s response to the UNCCD Ten-year Strategy (2008-2018) in which country Parties request the GM to identify and explore innovative finance, including market-based mechanisms. The framework and methodology serve to increase awareness of the range of financing mechanisms, strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to identify opportunities for deploying schemes, and facilitate partnerships between relevant public and private actors.
The paper is articulated in two sections: Part one identifies fourteen incentive and market-based mechanisms that encourage land user to adopt SLM practices. Such mechanisms include public payment schemes for environmental stewardship, trading in emissions reductions, direct payments for environmental services and eco-labeling of products and services.
Part two describes the factors that influence the applicability of each of the mechanisms in a country context and provides a methodology to assist countries in identifying the most appropriate mechanisms. The conditions that are needed for successful design and implementation of projects and programmes include institutional capacity, governance, and supply and demand for environmental services.
The methodology has been successfully piloted in Cameroon in collaboration with the national Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) and will be further refined and tested in African and Latin American countries in 2010. Results will be showcased at UNCCD COP10 in South Korea in 2011.
Download the publication (PDF, English, 780 Kb)
For more information:
Ms Siv Oystese, Financial and Private Sector Strategy Officer
Tel. +39 06 5459 2782
s.oystese (at) global-mechanism.org
Ms Paule Herodote, Civil Society Investments Advisor
Tel. +39 06 5459 2760
p.herodote (at) global-mechanism.org
New publication: Incentive and Market-based Mechanisms to Promote Sustainable Land Management
25 February, 2010
The paper is part of the GM’s response to the UNCCD Ten-year Strategy (2008-2018) in which country Parties request the GM to identify and explore innovative finance, including market-based mechanisms. The framework and methodology serve to increase awareness of the range of financing mechanisms, strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to identify opportunities for deploying schemes, and facilitate partnerships between relevant public and private actors.
The paper is articulated in two sections: Part one identifies fourteen incentive and market-based mechanisms that encourage land user to adopt SLM practices. Such mechanisms include public payment schemes for environmental stewardship, trading in emissions reductions, direct payments for environmental services and eco-labeling of products and services.
Part two describes the factors that influence the applicability of each of the mechanisms in a country context and provides a methodology to assist countries in identifying the most appropriate mechanisms. The conditions that are needed for successful design and implementation of projects and programmes include institutional capacity, governance, and supply and demand for environmental services.
The methodology has been successfully piloted in Cameroon in collaboration with the national Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) and will be further refined and tested in African and Latin American countries in 2010. Results will be showcased at UNCCD COP10 in South Korea in 2011.
Download the publication (PDF, English, 780 Kb)For more information:
Ms Siv Oystese, Financial and Private Sector Strategy Officer
Tel. +39 06 5459 2782
s.oystese (at) global-mechanism.org
Ms Paule Herodote, Civil Society Investments Advisor
Tel. +39 06 5459 2760
p.herodote (at) global-mechanism.org