Engaging Business for Integrated Landscape Initiatives in Africa
-
Upload
the-landscapes-for-people-food-and-nature-initiative -
Category
Presentations & Public Speaking
-
view
121 -
download
1
description
Transcript of Engaging Business for Integrated Landscape Initiatives in Africa
Engaging Business for Integrated Landscape Initiatives in Africa
Lee Gross,EcoAgriculture Partners
Between 2008-2020 – growth rate of 4%
New risks necessitate collective action
Climate Change
Poverty and Food Security
Competition for resources
Increasing demand
Source: KPMG, 2012. Expect the Unexpected: Building business value in a changing world.
Address Risk at Scales
Low private sector participation in integrated landscape initiatives in Africa
Industry
Agribusiness
Community Groups
Education/Research
NGOs
Marginalized Groups
Producer Groups
Government
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
% of surveyed initiatives
Only 8%
Source Milder, J.C., A.K. Hart, P. Dobie, J. Minai, C. Zaleski. 2013a. “Integrated landscape ini tiatives for African agriculture, development, and conservation: A region-wide assessment.” World Development, 54, 68-80.
"The landscape approach has been championed by organizations active in the development and conservation sectors for many years, though the concept has been slow to migrate into mainstream corporate thinking.
- José Lopez, Executive Vice President, Operations, Nestlé S.A.
Reducing Risk through landscape approaches
Requires More than Sum of Parts ThinkingMore than sum of parts thinking
Landscape approach interventions and support mechanisms
• Ecosystem service payments– watershed funds, conservation easements
• Financing instruments – short-term credits, impact investments or subsidies
• Secondary markets– non-timber forest products
• Product markets– voluntary sustainability standards and certifications
Overview of current initiatives• Regional partnership
mitigating a jointly identified risk – Lake Navaisha Initiative,
Kenya – George, South Africa,
Water Futures Partnership– Zambia, Community
Markets for Conservation, COMACO
Overview of current initiatives• Sourcing Business or
NGO led partnership mitigating regional risks – Uganda, British
American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership
– Western Ghana, Juabeso- Bia landscape initiative
Overview of current initiatives• Policy Government or
International fund led Initiatives – Southern Agricultural
Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)
– Rwanda Nyungwe (Gishwati) Landscape Restoration
Consensus Actions – how can the business sector be engaged in ILIs?
• Talk Business – construct the business case– Create incentives and a stronger case for business at any
scale to include ILI multiple objectives in running interventions.
• Create Wiki Tools for Business– Use landscape risk and opportunity assessment tools to
identify business risks and drive priority actions • Create business capacity – Set up the Business-as-Unusual School - Include ILI
knowledge in existing business and agricultural curricula.
Let’s talk business and landscapes…what do you think?
Breakout action groups
1. Talk business – construct business case
2. Landscape risk and opportunity assessment tools
3. Create business capacity
4. Market and incentivize based mechanisms
5. Others?6. Others?
ACTION PLAN• Short title
• Objectives • WHY (Rationale, why action is needed):• Key/Illustrative Activities
• WHO would be involved? With what roles? • WHAT is needed to make this happen? (endorsements,
resources, involvement of other actors, et al • NEXT Steps to mobilize Action • CHAMPIONS to ensure Next Steps happen (people in
Action Team and organization)