Leveraging Carbon Instruments for Financial Sustainability in a Soy Landscape Initiative

The Western Mato Grosso Sustainable Landscape Initiative includes a range of activities across six municipalities, aligned with the state's PCI strategy, which aim to increase sustainable agricultural production in the state while ensuring conservation of native vegetation and inclusion of smallholders and Indigenous Peoples. The activities within the landscape initiative include conservation and restoration efforts as well as regenerative agriculture on soy farms, which provide carbon benefits through avoided, removed, and reduced emissions. 

This case study, supported by the Land Innovation Fund (LIF), presents the results of a supply and demand analysis, exploring various options of instruments for leveraging carbon benefits to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the initiative. The analysis is based on a combination of desk-based research, stakeholder interviews, and landscape-specific data.