At COP16, LLF will be highlighted as an appealing choice for donors seeking to invest in lasting, impactful conservation efforts that provide enduring value for biodiversity protection. “Countries with important biodiversity hotspots need financial support for their protected areas”, Stefanie explained. “Up to now, money for this has mostly been granted in the form of short-term project financing, whereas LLF provides long-term financing, for 15 years or even 50+years. This is ideal for effectively managing protected areas.”  

15 Landscapes in Latin America, Asia and Africa are already benefiting from long-term funding from LLF. Initiated by Germany, LLF brings together public and private donors from philanthropy and business to finance nature conservation where it can make a particularly effective contribution to biodiversity, climate stability and local livelihoods.   

Both, the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity are existential threats to humanity and they are closely linked. At COP16, “I expect even more money to be put on the table for nature conservation,” said Stefanie Lang in the German public-broadcasting radio station.   

LLF also aims to strengthening the role of Indigenous peoples in global nature conservation – an issue that will be at the top of the agenda at COP16 alongside the important issue of finance. The UN classifies LLF’s social standards as exemplary. Stefanie Lang: “Local and Indigenous peoples must be empowered to manage their own protected areas.”