New report: Financing the future of the region's primary forests
The SEAP Forests IP has released the concise report Financing the Future of Primary Forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, produced by Grow Asia and IUCN. It looks at how the region's primary forests are financed, where the funding gaps lie, and how to build investment-ready projects to close them.
The SEAP Forests Integrated Program has published the concise version of Financing the Future of Primary Forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: A Stocktaking Report on Markets, Finance Solutions, and Investment Pathways. The report was produced by Grow Asia and IUCN under the program, with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
The report examines the value of the region's forest economy and the current gaps in funding for primary forest conservation. It finds that the main constraint is not a shortage of capital but a shortage of investment-ready projects, and sets out pathways for building stronger project pipelines. It also proposes a regional coalition, the SEAP FIT Coalition, to help mobilize forest investment.
The report is intended as a reference for governments, investors, private sector actors, development partners and civil society organizations working on forest finance in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.