Building a business model next challenge in forest restoration
Global forest restoration efforts face a massive funding gap, with current investments falling far short of the estimated $355 billion needed annually. Experts argue that the focus must shift from short-term grant cycles to sustainable business models that ensure long-term ecological and economic viability.
Why it matters
Addressing the financing gap is critical for the success of global climate and land restoration goals.
For more than a decade, governments have competed to announce ever more ambitious forest and landscape restoration targets. The Bonn Challenge has attracted pledges covering 257 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes - an area larger than Algeria. Yet behind the headline numbers lies a more stubborn question, and one that featured prominently in Ulaanbaatar in August: how do countries finance and sustain restoration long after the donor projects end?
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