Forward Thinking Forestry
Forestry in Africa can be both sustainable and profitable, we speak with Hans Lemm, Group CEO of Green Resources, about how the company is expanding and, in the process, making an impact on the lives of local communities
With such a focus on global sustainability, it is no surprise that plantation forestry is an internationally growing industry. The removal of woodlands and rainforests, and the clear link between forestry reduction and the rise in carbon levels in our atmosphere, has influenced many businesses and industries to change the ways they operate.
The Amazon Rainforest, for example, absorbs two-billion tonnes of CO2 annually, making up for five percent of global carbon emissions – a vital contributor to the prevention of global climate change. Continued deforestation consistently lowers its ability for carbon absorption, and because of this there is an urgent need for a shift in individual and business mentality – a turn
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FAO’s Investment Centre is stepping up its support for creating more robust and sustainable agri-food systems
21 December 2020, Rome – Mohamed Manssouri, Director of FAO’s Investment Centre discusses the Centre’s work and expansion plans.
What’s the FAO Investment Centre?
Simply put, the FAO Investment Centre creates investment solutions in sustainable food and agriculture. The Centre offers a range of investment support services helping countries to create long-term investment policies and plans, to design and implement investment projects with financing partners and to generate knowledge and build capacities related to investment.
Better investment in food and agriculture leads to more efficient and equitable food systems as well as greater resilience in the face of climate change and other shocks such as COVID-19.
FAO’s Investment Centre is stepping up its support for creating more robust and sustainable agri-food systems
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What’s the FAO Investment Centre?
Simply put, the FAO Investment Centre creates investment solutions in sustainable food and agriculture. The Centre offers a range of investment support services helping countries to create long-term investment policies and plans, to design and implement investment projects with financing partners and to generate knowledge and build capacities related to investment.
Better investment in food and agriculture leads to more efficient and equitable food systems as well as greater resilience in the face of climate change and other shocks such as COVID-19.
Risen Obtains Project Financing from DEG
NINGBO, China, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Lately, Risen has successfully finished all the CPs to the first disbursement and successfully reached the financial close of the Project Financing of the 73MWp solar project in Cambodia, Risen Energy has signed a $45 million long-term Debt Financing with DEG and ICCF (The Interact Climate Change Facility, a company incorporated as Société Anonyme owned by the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Investment Bank and eleven European Development Finance Institutions). Risen Energy is the only Chinese company in the industry to get project financing from both DEG and EBRD, demonstrating its strong international financing capabilities. The financing will be used for a Cambodian independent solar farm.