eduardo aguilar espinoza

Rich Forests

Why Rich Forests?

•Maintain and restore biodiversity for a healthy production system

•Community engagement and food security

Biodiversity

The patterns wrought in biomass as a consequence of climate and time is termed Biodiversity

Rich Forests supports• Local initiatives on agricultural

production, harvesting, marketing, ecosystem management in the tropics

• Agro-industrial companies: restoration of degraded lands and forests, with benefits for local communities

Our expertise

1.Economic development for small farmers and indigenous peoples2.Ecological conservation and restoration3.Multi-stakeholder cooperation4.International networking

Productive ecosystems

•NTFPs: forests products other than wood, for instance fruits, honey, bamboo, rattan, resins and medicinal plants

•Analog forestry is a method to restore degraded forest lands based on agro-ecological principles and to produce certified Forest Garden Products

Analog Forestry

Restoration

Forest products

Forests Tea

FOREST GARDEN PRODUCTSCERTIFICATION SYSTEM

CONTROL BY F.G.P Inspection & Certification (Pvt) Ltd.

Our ambition

1.Innovative business models2.Match-making between NGOs, investors and companies3.Learning and sharing

We offer

•Coördination•Planning•Budgeting •Monitoring and reporting•Match making

Stages •Analyse value chain and operations

using mitigation ladder•Analyse site and landscape•Design •Implementation•Monitoring and mentoring •Inspection and Certification

Mitigation ladder

Matchmaking between

•Company/chain actor •Local experts•International experts•Subsidies•Investors

Return for company

•Robust climate resilient production system•Higher prices•Diversified production•Ready for the future!

Returns for funder or investor

•Interest on investment

•Green investment opportunity

•Ready for the future!

Returns for Rich Forests

Our profit is used to supportinterventions for small farmersand indigenous communies in developing countries to maintain and restore their forests while improving their income and livelihoods

Forest products

Forest products

Projects

Eduardo Aguilar

eduardo@analogforestrynetwork.org