The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM)

Unleashing Business Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes


The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in association with the Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda (MINIRENA), the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), and Rwanda's Green Fund (FONERWA), is enchanted to meet the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF). The Forum will be hung on 16 - 17 May 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Forest and Landscape Investment Forum will propel endeavors to accomplish the Bonn Challenge and the AFR100 focus of reestablishing 100 million hectares of corrupted land in Africa by 2030. Invitees to the Forum incorporate venture designers and business champions from Eastern Africa and speculators from everywhere throughout the world looking for business openings in manageable scenes. FAO is satisfied to lead association of the FLIF, with support from a few key accomplices contributing specialized and money related sponsorship. The Forum will expect to:

exhibit business openings in woodland and scenes, incorporating those in agroforestry and ranger service esteem chains

make a commercial center for viable woodland and scene extend plan and expanded speculation openings

talk about business challenges and empowering situations for effective ventures

advance a wide range of interests in woodlands and scenes. This will incorporate those for ecological, social, monetary and money related returns, and additionally benefits as far as Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (CCA/M), Forest and Landscape Restoration and Land Degradation Neutrality (FLR and LDN)

Directed group of onlookers

timberland and scenes organizations and venture designers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

national and universal cooperatives and agribusinesses

national and universal business banks; Development banks; Impact reserves; Insurance organizations

specialized help suppliers that encourage and bolster interests in feasible land utilize plans of action, for example, hatcheries, quickening agents, PPP-offices

open offices and foundations ready to manufacture and enhance an empowering situation for speculations

For more data please contact: FLIF@fao.org

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