Development Bank Finance

Coalition for Forest

International Development Finance Club Annual Meeting

Москва: Россия, September 14, 2016
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CAF Green Financing Goal
Because the group of forests is strategic in the global arena?

The countries of the world have presented to the COP21 in

Paris his INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions) expected contributions nationally determined
which establishes the amount of emissions of greenhouse
gases to be reduced from 2020 countries and the actions
carried out to strengthen the resilience in the weather.

The forestry sector is an appropriate mechanism to facilitate

compliance with emissions reduction targets of the countries,
through forest NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Action).
What is the importance of forests in the global context?

Message from XIV World Forestry Congress to the UN General Assembly Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Why CAF want create a Forestry Working Group?
IDFC Working Groups

C l i m a t e C h a n g e

Sustainable Infrastructure

Sustainable Urban Development

E f f i c i e n c y E n e r g y

Triangular Cooperation

H e a l t h

F o r e s t
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Main Objective

Make the activities undertaken by financial institutions for the revitalization and growth of forestry
sector and forest conservation, through the exchange of experiences, generate synergies, economy and
efficiency in the management focused on the implementation of the green economy regional and
global levels.
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Specific Objetives

1. Exchange knowledge, experiences and lessons learned in financing the forestry and forest conservation.
2. Construction of joint mechanisms and market-based instruments to change consumer preferences and encourage green
innovation financing and the forestry sector.
3. Generating a pattern proposed scheme for forestry projects that integrate different forest products and services to
facilitate their financing.
4. Evaluation and systematization of good practices for environmental and social assessment and monitoring of forest
financial operations, including investment in skills development and training.
5. Development of new financial products and mechanisms for reducing financial risk for the development of forestry to
reduce investment in areas that deplete natural capital.
6. Promotion of governance mechanisms to foster the development of the forestry sector, including support for the
establishment of sound regulatory frameworks economies with social inclusion.
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Operational Structure

Technical Coordination

Work Group

Focal Point
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Strategy

Systematizing the lessons learned on the forestry sector as an

economic activity and self-preservation of forests through
various mechanisms, aims to shorten the learning curve on
the sector, as well as training to strengthen the technical,
administrative and financial capacity to consolidate the
sector as a strong transverse opportunity for change in the
rural environment, productive primary sector including
forestry industry.
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Action Plan Proposal
• Improving the assessment and monitoring of forest operations.
• Systematizing successful cases funded forest.
• Establishment of mechanisms for the exchange of successful experiences in the forestry
sector.
• Sustainable forest management of forests.
• Establishing mechanisms for strengthening second-tier banks for financing the forestry
sector.
• Improving the resilience of forests.
• Recovery and restoration of degraded lands and forests tired.
• Wood energy generation.
• Food security from forests.
• Watershed management.
• Improving the eco-efficiency of production and forestry industry.
• Establishment and / or strengthening of sustainable production chain green business
with timber forest products and non-timber forest products.
• Payment of forest environmental services.
• Establishment and improvement of urban forests and public green spaces.
• Micro-finance for the development of forestry and agroforestry projects for small farmers.
• Institutional strengthening.
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Work and Synergy's Schema

✓ Conclusion of the priority lines of action to

systematize successful experiences and lessons
learned to be shared through a mechanism to
enhance the capabilities of all development banks.
✓ Set goals and common indicators so that it can
quantify the impact and measure the progress of
actions working group.
Forest Working Group (Development Bank Coalition for Forest)
Next Step

Step 3
Collective definition of objectives, working structure, strategy,
action plan, goals and impact indicators for the working group. Step 3

Step 2
Step 2
Step 1
Discussion and establishment of the working group.
Step 1
Referral and submit for consideration the proposal to members of the
IFDC for discussion.
Thank you for your attention
Questions or Comment
Octavio Carrasquilla
ocarrasquilla@caf.com
Why CAF want create a Forestry Working Group?