Integrated Landscape Finance Guidelines

Building the Financial Foundations for Landscape Transformation

Across the world, landscape partnerships have developed ambitious strategies to address climate change, biodiversity loss, food security, and rural livelihoods. Yet many struggle to move from vision to implementation because the financial systems needed to support long-term, landscape-scale transformation are often missing.

The Integrated Landscape Finance Guidelines were developed to help close that gap. Rather than focusing on individual projects or funding opportunities, the Guidelines present a practical framework for designing the financial strategies, institutions, investment pathways, and partnerships needed to mobilize and coordinate long-term investment across an entire landscape. Whether you are a landscape partnership, government agency, investor, donor, or technical partner, this resource provides practical guidance for translating shared landscape priorities into financeable action.

Developed through RegenerAction, Future Food Institute’s initiative to advance regenerative territorial development, and supported by EIT Food, the publication reflects the collective expertise of leaders in integrated landscape management, finance, and systems transformation.

Authors and Contributors

Author: Seth A. Shames, Persimmon Co-Lab

With contributions by:

• Daniel Zimmer, Climate-KIC
• Sara J. Scherr, Persimmon Co-Lab and 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People (1000L)

Edited by: Vishwa Patel, Future Food Institute

Design: Ilaria Soranzio, Future Food Institute

Resource Collection

Explore the publications and tools that informed the development of the Guidelines and support their application in practice.

• Integrated Landscape Finance Guidelines – A practical, ten-step framework for designing integrated landscape finance systems and mobilizing investment.
• Companion capacity building module curriculum and videos
• RegenerAction Blueprint – The companion roadmap for territorial visioning, governance, and systems transformation that provides the strategic foundation for the Finance Guidelines.
• Pollica Case Study – Examines how the Municipality of Pollica, Italy is applying the RegenerAction framework and integrated landscape finance principles to advance regenerative territorial development, offering practical lessons from an emerging implementation case.
• Additional Resources – Companion publications and reference materials that explore integrated landscape management, finance, governance, and implementation.
  • Mobilizing Finance across sectors and projects to achieve sustainable landscapes: Emerging models
  • Towards Systemic Change in Landscape Finance 
  • Finance Strategy for Priority Actions in the Alto Mayo Landscape: a Proposal for Large-Scale Transition Towards Sustainability
  • Sierra Volcánica Biocultural Landscape: Collective Action for a Regenerative Landscape Transition