This Results Deep Dive examines the performance of the Forest Investment Program (FIP) in the areas of sustainable land management (SLM) and sustainable forest management (SFM). FIP is a grant and lending program within the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), with total commitments to-date amounting to USD598 million of own-account investments alongside USD 1.17 billion of public and private co-financing.
FIP works toward increasing carbon stocks by expanding forest cover and reducing forest loss. Deployed within this frame, SLM refers to actions toward the stewardship and use of land resources (e.g., soils, water, animals, and plants) to meet changing human needs while ensuring long-term productive potential and environmental functions. To a great extent, SLM is delivered via targeted policy and institutional support; user-driven, participatory approaches; integrated use of natural resources; and multistakeholder collaboration across multiple levels. Similarly, SFM refers to administrative, legal, technical, economic, social, and environmental actions toward the conservation and use of forests.4
This Results Deep Dive examines FIP SLM and SFM results within three major thematic areas of FIP investment: Enhanced forest governance capacities; Increased carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation; and Reduced forest exploitation and encroachment.