References and Resources
References and Resources
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Websites
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration.
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Landscape Restoration with a Business approach.
- The European Network for the Advancement of Business & Landscape Education (ENABLE)
- The 4 returns Learning Platform.
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Articles
- Berkelmans, M. (2019). The role of intermediary organisations in blending investments for landscape restoration projects (Master's thesis). Retrieved from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
- Commonland. (2018). Executive Summary - 4 Returns Collective Impact for 2018.
- FAO & Global Mechanism of the UNCCD (2015). Sustainable financing for forest and landscape restoration: Opportunities, challenges and the way forward.
- Ferwerda, W.H. (2015). 4 returns, 3 zones, 20 years: A Holistic Framework for Ecological Restoration by People and Business for Next Generations. RSM/IUCN CEM.
- Global Landscapes Forum. (2018). Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration.
- KPMG International Cooperative. (2014). A New Vision of Value: Connecting corporate and societal value creation.
- Schoenmaker, D. (2017). From Risk to Opportunity: A Framework for Sustainable Finance. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
- Shames, S., Clarvis, M.H. & Kissinger, G. (2014). Financing Strategies for Integrated Landscape Investment Synthesis Report. Retrieved from www.landscapes.ecoagriculture.org/global_review/financingstrategies.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development. (2018). Finance Factsheets for Sustainability Professionals. Retrieved from Wbcsd.org.
- World Economic Forum. (2015). A How-To Guide for Blended Finance.
- World Resources Institute. (2017). Roots of Prosperity: The Economics and Finance of Restoring Land.
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Potential investors and funding organizations for land restoration
- AGRI3 Fund from Rabobank
- Agro-Ecological Investment Management
- Althelia Climate Fund (ACF)
- APG Asset Management
- ASN Bank
- Bio Carbon Fund of the World Bank (ISFL)
- Blended Finance Facility (BFF)
- BNP Paribas
- Climate Bonds Initiative
- Common Fund for Commodities
- Conservation Investment Management
- Cranfield Trust
- Credit Suisse
- Eco Enterprises Fund
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Impact Assets
- International Development Association (IDA)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Livelihoods Funds
- Multilateral Investment Fund
- Mosaico Management
- Moringa Fund
- Nature Bank
- Norfund
- Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
- Oiko Credit
- Rabobank
- Talgra
- The World Bank
- The Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN)
- Triodos Bank
- Tropical Landscape Finance Facility (TLFF)
- Triple Funds Leopold Bachmann Foundation
- Wates Foundation
- Wire Group
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Organizations and initiatives linked to land restoration projects
- ARIES
- BankTrack
- Bonn Challenge
- Commonland Foundation
- Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation(CPIC)
- EcoAgriculturePartners
- Ecosia
- Ecosystem Services Partnership
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Global Landscapes Forum
- Global Mechanism UNCCD
- Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration
- Global Restoration Initiative
- IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- InVest
- Natural Capital Coalition
- Natuurmonumenten
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
- Peace Parks Foundation
- Planetary Security Initiative (PSI)
- Policy Support Systems
- Synergos Global Philanthropists Circle)
- Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
- TheEarthPartners
- The Nature Conservancy
- Toniic
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Wageningen University and Research (WUR)
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World Resources Institute
- World Soil Information (ISRIC)
- World Wide Fund for Nature
- WWF Landscape Finance Lab