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Landscape Scale Action for Forests, People, and Sustainable Production

Landscape Scale Action for Forests, People, and Sustainable Production: A Practical Guide for Companies

Learn how your company can engage in landscape and jurisdictional initiatives.

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Explore 20 interventions for companies to engage in landscapes and jurisdictional initiatives (L/JIs) to fit your context and geographies. In considering these, companies should work with local stakeholders in the landscapes/jurisdictions they wish to engage to determine which interventions are needed and consider which interventions fit their own corporate strategy.

Each intervention presented here showcases real world examples of company engagement, key points for implementation, the external conditions that increase the likelihood of success, as well as the business case for a company to use it. Relative cost to a company and duration of engagement are also presented to help you plan your intervention.

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See interventions categorized by:

Intervention type Duration of engagement Cost to a company Company's supply chain position Stages of an L/JI's development

Category

Participate in landscape/jurisdictional planning

Share spatial data and land management plans with other stakeholders involved in landscape/jurisdictional land use planning and monitoring

Cost

$,

Duration

< 6 months, 6 months - 1 year,

Pre-competitively align companies in your sector operating in the same geography to effectively participate in an L/JI

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

> 3 years, 1-3 years,

Support development of a robust landscape/jurisdictional land use plan

Cost

$, $$, $$$, $$$$,

Duration

1-3 years,

Co-design landscape/jurisdictional goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and implementation strategies

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

1-3 years,

Build community and multi-stakeholder capacities

Financially support the operations of the multi-stakeholder institution leading an L/JI

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

> 3 years, 1-3 years,

Build local community capacity to engage in multi-stakeholder processes and incentivize their engagement

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

6 months - 1 year,

Enhance government commitment and capacity

Advocate with consumer country governments to support landscape/jurisdictional approaches in commodity producing regions

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

1-3 years, 6 months - 1 year,

Build momentum for L/JIs by sharing positive, clear stories about ongoing sustainability efforts

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

< 6 months,

Support governments in developing jurisdictional policies, tools, and investment strategies

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

1-3 years, 6 months - 1 year,

Link supply chain actions to L/JIs through private sector collaboration

Incentivize suppliers to engage in L/JIs

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

> 3 years, 1-3 years,

Use preferential sourcing to support L/JIs that are demonstrating progress

Cost

$$, $$$,

Duration

< 6 months, 6 months - 1 year,

Align procurement specifications and supplier contract terms with landscape/jurisdictional goals and targets

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

< 6 months,

Collaborate on joint commodity traceability for a landscape/jurisdiction

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

6 months - 1 year,

Share responsibility for the degree of sustainability progress made at landscape/jurisdictional level

Cost

$, $$$,

Duration

< 6 months, 1-3 years,

Support and incentivize sustainable production and community land use practices

Support legalization of production to promote adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in line with L/JI objectives

Cost

$, $$, $$$, $$$$,

Duration

> 3 years,

Support additional/alternative livelihood activities and practices that reduce pressure on forests

Cost

$, $$,

Duration

> 3 years, 1-3 years,

Support landscape restoration in line with L/JI objectives

Cost

$$, $$$, $$$$,

Duration

> 3 years,

Enhance sustainability-pegged financial flows to producers

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

< 6 months, 1-3 years, 6 months - 1 year,

Support farmer training on best management practices and provide incentives to implement them

Cost

$, $$, $$$,

Duration

> 3 years, 1-3 years,

Support innovative financial mechanisms

Help develop carbon offset programs that reduce deforestation at the landscape/jurisdictional scale

Cost

$, $$, $$$, $$$$,

Duration

> 3 years, < 6 months,