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• Disease management to achieve sustainability goals in tropical aquaculture has a clear business case

  The environmental costs of diseases, mortality and antibiotics are high in tropical aquaculture. Fish that die before they are sold are obviously a waste of inputs. Overuse of anti-biotics, creates…

  Disease management to achieve sustainability goals in tropical aquaculture has a clear business case

• High-Level Meeting of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Utrecht

  Discussions focused on current actions and upcoming priorities, next steps in Colombia, relevance of the initiative in Liberia and Cameroon and actions needed to move thematic working groups forward. 76 participants attended…

  High-Level Meeting of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Utrecht

• Progress on Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans

  Thirty-one companies have submitted their draft action plans to WCF to be aggregated and shared with the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in December, with the aim to publish…

  Progress on Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans

• From forests to farms: Cargill tracks commitment to protect the planet

  Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate believes that eliminating deforestation in the cocoa supply chain is imperative; not only to protect our planet’s natural resources, but also to safeguard the income potential…

  From forests to farms: Cargill tracks commitment to protect the planet

• La SODEFOR mi-parcours le recensement dans la forêt classée de Goin-Débé

  La Société de Développement des Forêts (SODEFOR) a pour priorité de réduire le phénomène de déforestation et d’entamer de vaste programme de reforestation des forêts classées. Afin d’atteindre cet objectif,…

  La SODEFOR mi-parcours le recensement dans la forêt classée de Goin-Débé

• New resource: A look at IDH’s approach to building sustainable landscapes

  How can we address deforestation, water depletion and other natural resource management issues while improving farmer and community livelihoods on a large scale? We must ensure that agricultural production is…

  New resource: A look at IDH’s approach to building sustainable landscapes

• Looking back on 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence

  We need a strong gender approach for value chain development, and we can only achieve this when partnerships work together and collectively take responsibility. IDH is proud to work with…

  Looking back on 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence

• Data key to unlocking sustainable tropical timber market growth

  Accurate data is key to growing the market share of sustainable tropical timber, according to the ‘Using data to drive market share’ conference hosted by Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC),…

  Data key to unlocking sustainable tropical timber market growth

• Prince Charles visits the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Accra

  A high level Cocoa & Forests Initiative meeting was organized to brief HRH the Prince of Wales on progress of the initiative, on the 5th of November in Accra. The…

  Prince Charles visits the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Accra

• SODEFOR half-way the full census of the Goin-Débé forest reserve

  SODEFOR, the state agency for the development of forest reserves has the priority to end deforestation and to initiate reforestation of these forest reserves. In order to achieve this, SODEFOR…

  SODEFOR half-way the full census of the Goin-Débé forest reserve

• IDH for Gender

  Since the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, until 10 December, Human Rights Day, IDH is proud to be joining this year’s global 16 Days of Activism…

  IDH for Gender

• Sunny Verghese, CEO of OLAM: “Our food system is broken. We need to fix it.” (Interview in Dutch)

  Sunny Verghese, CEO of OLAM and the new Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) made a deep impression during the 10-year anniversary event of IDH, the…

  Sunny Verghese, CEO of OLAM: “Our food system is broken. We need to fix it.” (Interview in Dutch)

• Queen Máxima thinks IDH is ‘amazing’

  This article was originally published on P-plus in Dutch and was translated by IDH. A fund that reduces the risk of investors, so small tropical farmers can finance their…

  Queen Máxima thinks IDH is ‘amazing’

• Living wages in practice, in the avocado supply chain from Kenya

  In collaboration with IDH and Hivos, Eosta conducted a living wage research pilot, with a Kenyan avocado supplier, to research whether living waged could be used to improve social sustainability…

  Living wages in practice, in the avocado supply chain from Kenya