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Landscape Finance: Investing in Innovation for Sustainable Landscapes
Course
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English
4 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
1: Introduction to Landscape Finance
In this first module, you will join the mission to develop a shared language and understanding of the key investment challenges in our world’s landscapes.
2: The Business Case
In this module, you will learn the importance of thinking like an investor and start to assess landscape opportunities for the multiple values they create.
3: Financing Sources and Mechanisms
In this module, you will learn about the diverse plural sources of capital and funding for landscape investments. You will also learn the unique traits and demands of various sources and how they seek to compliment and use each other.
4: Bankable Projects
In this module, you will learn how investors assess and are attracted to invest in projects and businesses. You will explore what makes propositions more attractive and try out tools to strengthen your pull to investors.
5: Coordinating Investments
In this module, you will learn about the key challenge of coordinating investments and activities in multi-stakeholder settings. You will also learn about the logical need to prioritise and schedule investments for better impact.
6: Put Your Knowledge into Action
Throughout the short course, you have been applying your learning to a case of your choosing. In this module, you will bring it all together, show what you have learned and present yourself and your case.
Prerequisite
- A BA/BSc or higher-level certificate in financial/business/economic fields or social sciences
- A minimum of one year's academic or professional engagement in landscapes or development finance
Instructors
James Mulkerrins
Knowledge co-creation advisor
Wageningen Center for Development Innovation
Seth Shames
Director, Policy and Markets @ EcoAgriculture Partners
EcoAgriculture Partners
Pooja Munshi
Senior strategist
Global Landscapes Forum
Gerhard Mulder
Finance and business development specialist
Climate Risk Services
Editor
Wageningue University is located in Wageningue, the Netherlands. Its campus is located on the outskirts of the city, which allows it to plan numerous extensions to its premises, all of which are already ultra-modern, due to its scientific nature. The university focuses on life sciences, sociology, business relations and natural resources.
In particular, the University is home to the Alterra Institute for multidisciplinary research into the artificial and man-made environment (rural environment, urban ecology, green spaces, green webs).
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