People around the world rely on forests for their livelihoods. Partnerships for Forests supports this by increasing investment into forests and sustainable land use.

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Over 5,000 varieties of coffee can grow in a single Ethiopian forest

SYSTEMIQ leads the Partnerships for Forests (P4F) programme, funded by The UK Department for International Development, in Southeast Asia. Our work with P4F focuses on developing and supporting new projects that have devised innovative ways to transform land use systems. SYSTEMIQ builds partnerships between private sector companies, public sector actors and the communities that depend on forests for their livelihoods. These projects generate better returns from forests and sustainable land use than deforestation and degradation do.

We do this by connecting these innovative companies with private funders to generate capital and increasing the demand for sustainable commodities.

SYSTEMIQ also provides guidance and support to help scale operations and bring them to market. This reduces the increasing pressure on forests, which is vital for combating the climate crisis, and improves the lives of the communities that rely on forests.

Working with numerous projects across Southeast Asia, we incubate innovative approaches that deliver much needed change to current economic systems. For example, our support has helped Forestwise build the Illipe butter value chain, an alternative to shea or cocoa butter, which can be used in food products and cosmetics.

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The Wild Bunch have used seed funding and advice from P4F to train local communities in drying the ripe fruit, which can be harvested without disturbance to the forest ecosystem. Dry nuts can produce 5 to 7 times the income of the wet nuts that the communities sold previously. With P4F funding, Wild Bunch have established a community-based, zero-waste processing plant, which further improves the economic value.

We have been able to support them secure investment, plan for the current production process and strategize on how to scale this project, as only 10% of the potential harvest is being used. This increased income to communities is an excellent motivation for conserving forests. and demonstrates that this project has huge untapped potential.

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