This is an excerpt from the second of 5 activities that formed the Private Finance Learning Challenge, hosted by the UN FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism team and the Landscape Finance Lab, which ran from Feb-March 2023.

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This session introduces the practice of stakeholder identification and mapping, and why it is important. Florian Vernaz, Landscape Lead at the Lab gives an overview of the types of mapping that can be conducted i.e. stakeholder mapping, power analysis, supply-chain mapping, and how to do this using simple spreadsheet tools which can be modified and expanded upon according to different contexts. The session also looks at a number of case studies where identification and mapping of private sector interests in a landscape led to positive engagement and new sources of sustainable finance for restoration activities.

Speakers

Florian Vernaz, Landscape Lead at Landscape Finance Lab

Florian holds over 15 years experience in responsible investment and sustainable landscape planning. Before joining the Lab, Florian worked with leading environmental organizations and consultancies, such as the Global Green Growth Institute and Daemeter, to facilitate green investment at landscape level. Florian notably facilitated the development of the Environmental and Social Action Plan for the first Green Landscape Bond in Southeast Asia. He is passionate about rural development in eastern Indonesia and has assisted numerous social enterprises to build equitable market linkages for local communities, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.