The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) online Community of Practice (CoP) on Local Finance for Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) invites you to partake in the live webinar introducing the "Role of the private sector in the landscape" on 28 February 2023, 13:00-14:00 CET. Please register here to attend the session.

This webinar will kick off the third learning challenge of the CoP on Local Finance for FLR, entitled “Private sector engagement and development of bankable business plans”, as the first session of the series. The entire learning challenge will be hosted live in English with French translation from 28 February to 16 March 2023.

The central theme of this first webinar is to introduce how investors can reduce pressures on ecosystems or contribute to their protection and restoration. It will also look at the fundamentals of private sector investments in landscapes (e.g. investor view, equity and debt, and blended finance) and identifying their potential in a landscape. Furthermore, this session aims to help participants understand the following:

• types and roles of the private sector; and
• fundamentals of private sector investments in landscape.

If you are interested in learning more on the topic with fellow professionals, join the upcoming challenge by registering here!