The Private Sector in the REDD+ Supply Chain: Trends, challenges and opportunities
A key determinant of REDD+ success will be ensuring effective private sector engagement. Funding is a major concern in the implementation of REDD+ activities and involving the private sector will be critical to scale up investment in REDD+. However, the private sector's role in REDD+ is not limited to investment as it can also make vital contributions to REDD+ initiatives through the range of its expertise, and be part of the solution to mitigating climate change by addressing key drivers of deforestation. Using the REDD+ supply chain as an analytical framework, and drawing on information gathered through expert meetings and interviews with over 40 developing-country REDD+ decision-makers and implementers, the study identifies a number of points of entry for the private sector along with several trends in the types of motivations and form of private sector involvement along the REDD+ supply chain.
