1、All rights relating to this document are the property of Commonland 2022All rights relating to this document are the property of Commonland 20226 March 2024Carbon farming as anact of transformationwithin holistic landscape restoration -Willem Ferwerda,FounderGlobal impact of land degradation 40%3.2B
2、67%50%Land degradedUp to 40%of the worlds land is now degraded(UNCCD,2022).People affectedLand degradation affects 3.2 billion people globally(IPBES,2018).Less wildlifeWildlife populations have declined by on average 67%in the past 50 years,in large part due to landscape degradation(WWF,IUCN,2022).G
3、DP at risk50%of the worlds GDP is at risk due to nature loss(WEF,2022).Source:UNCCD,2022.Loess Plateau in China19952009Source:John D.LiuIt is possible to reverse landscapedegradation through holistic landscape restoration.Barriers to holistic landscape restorationSource:UNCCD,2022.Economic system ba
4、rriers:biodiversity not valuedComplexity of the ecosystem approach deters stakeholdersStakeholder complexity:top-down solutions do not take into accountlocal peoples needsLandscape finance:lack of experience with long-term blended landscape fundingPolicy:misalignment&silosolutionsinsteadof thewholeW
5、hat is needed to transition a landscape from degraded to restored?A generic language and approach that people understand,unites and is practicalA co-creative multistakeholder processLandscape(ecosystem)knowledge and area of large sizeLong term time frameRegenerative business models Long term blended
6、 tailor-made financeBeing replicable to create scaleH Holistic landscape restoration olistic landscape restoration Involves restoring the function of degraded landscapes by addressing their social,ecological,and economic aspects,ensuring their sustainability and resilience for the future.It recogniz