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Workshop report of the Expert Meeting on Strengthening Finance for Sustainable Forest Management through National Forest Funds held at Catie, Costa Rica, 28-30 January 2013

This workshop was sponsored by FAO and GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Year of publication 2013

Pages 37

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Forest Finance: Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) With growing environmental awareness and increasing recognition of the ecosystem service benefits of forests, many countries are taking actions to support sustainable forest management (SFM). For this purpose, a variety of financial mechanisms and instruments are being tested and developed. These include payments for environmental services, carbon financing, debt-for-nature swaps, etc.

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