Standing Forests, Resilient Harvests: Financing Deforestation-free Agri Value Chains
Location: Small Room
Organizers: World Economic Forum (WEF)
Standing Forests, Resilient Harvests: Financing Deforestation-free Agri Value Chains
Today’s agricultural production models drive almost 90% of global deforestation, putting at risk the forests that underpin global agriculture value chains. Standing forests are essential economic infrastructure: they support production and supply chains, regulate climate and water patterns, and sustain livelihoods and long-term business growth.
How can the private sector, including producers, traders, consumer goods companies and financiers, work with local communities and with public and development institutions to align capital with deforestation-free, resilient value chains, and to unlock the economic value of standing forests?
On the agenda:
- Discussing innovative financing solutions to halt and reverse forest loss in agriculture value chains
- Addressing the barriers preventing capital from being deployed at the scale and speed required
- Fostering public-private partnership that help cut risks, strengthen resilience and unlock new opportunities for growth while supporting thriving ecosystems