This enables a more efficient process for granting authorisations of land-use changes that is less onerous to the project developer while at the same time ensuring that appropriate compensation measures are implemented by a third party by paying an in-lieu fee into the Forest Fund. As the fees are consolidate into this fund, CONAFOR is able to achieve economies of scale by co-ordinating the implementation of a portfolio of compensation activities throughout the country. Approval process for land-use change.