IFAD and FAO Learning Event on GEF Rome, Italy - December 10-12, 2014

1. Support for SFM – delivering
multiple benefits
GEF-6 Approach

2. Why support SFM?

3. Experience from GEF-5
• $700 million invested
• $4.6 billion co-finance
• 80+ countries
• Multi-focal projects
• Landscape level interventions
From FAO FRA 2006

4. GEF-6 SFM Goal & Impacts
• Goal: To achieve multiple environmental,
social and economic benefits from improved
management of all types of forests and trees
outside of forests.
• Impacts: Sustainable management of forest
resources that improves rural livelihoods to
achieve environmental benefits.

5. Objective 1: Maintained Forest Resources
Reduce the pressures on high conservation
value forests by addressing the drivers of
deforestation
• Outcomes
– Cross-sector policy and planning approaches at
appropriate governance scales, avoid the loss of
high conservation value forests
– Innovative mechanisms avoid the loss of high
conservation value forest

6. Objective 2: Enhanced Forest Management
Maintain flows of forest ecosystem services
and improve resilience to climate change
through SFM
• Outcomes:
– Increased application of good management
practices in all forests by relevant government,
local community and private sector actors
– Increased contribution of sustained forest
ecosystem services to national economies and
local livelihoods

7. Objective 3:Restored Forest Ecosystems
Reverse the loss of ecosystem services within
degraded forest landscapes
• Outcomes:
– Integrated landscape restoration plans to maintain
forest ecosystem services are implemented at
appropriate scales by government, private sector
and local community actors

8. Objective 4: Increased Regional and Global Cooperation
Enhance regional and global coordination on efforts to
maintain forest resources, enhance forest management, and
restore forest ecosystems through the transfer of
international experience and know-how
• Outcomes
– Improved collaboration between countries and
across sectors on the implementation of SFM

9. How The Incentive Mechanism Works
Investments from
2+ FAs seeking
multiple benefits
from managing
forests sustainably
Incentive funds
released in ratio
of 2:1 of FA
investment
STAR Resources
BD
CC
LD
e.g. BD $2,000,000
+ SFM $1,500,000
LD $1,000,000
Total Project
$4,500,000
GEF-6 SFM
Incentive