IforD - Forestry and Climate Change Fund Information

Tropical forests are vitally important eco-systems, with ecological, economic and sociocultural benefits. They harbour biodiversity, provide a regenerating stream of resources and absorb high amounts of carbon. Over the past decades, around 30% of global forest cover has been completely cleared and an additional 20% has been degraded to make space for agriculture and other human activities. Consequently, large areas of forest remain degraded and marked by human intervention. A mosaic of secondary and degraded forests (SDF) emerges between agricultural lands and primary forests. Investing for Development SICAV launched the Forestry and Climate Change Fund (FCCF), a Fund aiming to demonstrate that sustainable forestry generates high environmental, economic and developmental value. This impact investment fund seeks to pioneer a viable business model for timber production within secondary & degraded forests. At the core of the FCCF lie long term partnerships with a climate change mitigation objective. With this, the FCCF hopes to give secondary and degraded forests economic value, to better match its ecological and social importance. This profile contains information about the Forestry and Climate Change Fund (FCCF). This is not the FCCF Prospectus. An investment in the FCCF can only be made on the basis of the Prospectus approved by the CSSF.