Workshop // "Land for Business - Business for Land: The Economics of Land Degradation", Bonn

Industry sectors that are a particular strain on land and soil are likely to face increasing regulatory and consumer pressures to reduce their impact. At the same time, actors in sustainable land management, acting as early movers, are set to become major business players in the future. The workshop is part of the {http://www.bonn-perspectives.de/|BONN PERSPECTIVES}. The BONN PERSPECTIVES are rooted in decentralised networks of learning and exchange that draw on a wide variety of experiences and viewpoints. They bring together the diverse initiatives working on Green Economy Transformation under a common roof. The objectives of the workshop are to: -Understand companies' needs; -Profile the economic valuation of land and ecosystems services within business strategy development; -Identify business sectors most affected by land degradation and explore how to document the impact of unmitigated risk on business strategy and value chains; -Raise awareness of options for managing land degradation risk; -Explore examples of sustainable land use in specific sectors and showcase enterprises implementing scalable, win-win solutions; -Identify barriers to scaling up good practices and explore options to enable the private sector to invest in sustainable land management; -Identify a programme of work and sector leaders to be integrated into subsequent stages of the ELD Initiative.