General

Le projet a pour objectif global de contribuer à améliorer la gouvernance foncière

Objectives

Enhance climate-resilient food production and nutrition in productive landscapes through nature-based solutions in support of Cabo Verde’s voluntary LDN targets

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Degraded lands in Cabo Verde provide many important ecosystem goods and services. These lands provide not only economic benefits, but also social and environmental services. Global environmental benefits related to the establishment of an effective Land Degradation Neutrality system that balances gains and losses of productive land and supports resilient and productive landscapes with a mosaic of land uses and diverse livelihood opportunities will also generate socio-economic benefits for the local communities in the project targeted areas. These benefits include: ? Strengthening of value chains and improvement of market access for revenue and income generation, with improved employment opportunities for rural women and youth in particular; ? Improved food, nutritional and water security for vulnerable rural households that are often headed by women, strengthening their human rights to access to food and water; ? More resilient and equitable livelihoods for both women and men; ? Reduced risk (natural disasters, market volatility, access to information and finance) related to investing in value-chain development, restoration and SLM on degraded lands; and ? Improved access to finance for smallholders for investing in new business plans related to SLM for achieving LDN.

General

This Fund aims to restore 350,000 hectares of degraded land, create or support 70,000 jobs for vulnerable populations, and reduce or avoid 25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in developing countries. This unconditionally repayable contribution will contribute to the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund in Fiscal Year 2020/2021 for an amount of CAD$53.1 million The LDN Fund is a unique investment fund investing in profit-generating sustainable land management (SLM) and land restoration projects worldwide. The LDN Fund leverages private sector finance to provide debt and equity to small and mid-sized companies working in sustainable agriculture, forestry and other LDN related sectors like green infrastructure and ecotourism. Through these investments, the Fund contributes to achieving land degradation neutrality and climate resilience while improving the physical, social and economic wellbeing of marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls. Canada’s contribution to the Fund also leverages additional private sector investment in sustainable land management demonstrating the viability of this type of blended finance model to support the Sustainable Development Goals. Project activities include: (1) developing and delivering training on gender-sensitive in Sustainable Land Managemant techniques for smallholder farmers, including women; (2) providing suitable financing tailored to each project and its final beneficiaries for high-impact projects; (3) tracking and recoding additional private sector investment in developing countries; and (4) supporting gender equality in Land Degradation Neutrality interventions.