Issue 2 | February 2021
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About UNEP’s Land Use Finance Programme

To pioneer the transformation towards sustainable land use at scale, the UN Environment Programme
 Land Use Finance Programme, managed by the Climate Finance Unit aims to proactively unlock public and especially private capital for deforestation-free commodity production, restoration of degraded land and improvement of smallholder farmer livelihoods.  


&Green Fund's new transaction in cattle tracking in the Amazon and Cerrado
Marfrig has signed a USD 30 million 10-year sustainability linked loan facility from &Green Fund to achieve a deforestation-free cattle supply chain in the Amazon and Cerrado.
Green Finance for Sustainable Landscapes: a new project to increase capital flows towards restoration and deforestation-free agriculture
The Green Finance for Sustainable Landscapes (GF4SL) project innovates by trying to instill a new paradigm whereby sustainable land use becomes the new businesses as-usual and the considerable resources of private finance support this transition.
Making intercropping more economically accessible to smallholder farmers
UNEP’s analysis focus on identifying the most accessible economic routes for the transient to intercropping for smallholder farmers .

Restoration Seed Capital Facility - Making investment in forest landscape restoration happen
The Restoration Seed Capital Facility supports early-stage development of forest restoration projects in developing countries, contributing to climate adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods.