Enables rapid and objective assessment of jurisdictional policy and governance conditions
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Provides information in a structured and easy-to-understand format on policy and governance risks for investors and commodity sourcing companies
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Helps sub-national governments and their partners to explain and communicate their progress in establishing policy and governance conditions that support sustainable landscape goals
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Creates incentives for progressive reforms and strengthening of policy and governance conditions in support of sustainable landscapes
Key features of SLP Approach 1.
Works at the landscape scale
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Focuses on science-based decision making
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Directly targets drivers of deforestation
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Creates platforms for government, civil society, and private sector engagement
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Implements a Landscapes Accounting Framework to monitor change and attract investment