Tagged with "Deforestation"

• JBS and IDH ramp up Brazilian Sustainable Production of Calves traceability partnership to register 1 million animals by 2025

  IDH and JBS will broaden their partnership for the sustainable production of calves in Brazil to register 1 million animals by 2025, ensuring the traceability of calves from breeder farms.

  JBS and IDH ramp up Brazilian Sustainable Production of Calves traceability partnership to register 1 million animals by 2025

• Press release: &Green invests in Indonesian palm oil company PT Hilton Duta Lestari for the establishment of a traceable, inclusive and deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

  &Green, a blended finance vehicle established to de-link deforestation from tropical agricultural commodity production, will work with HDL to reduce deforestation across four districts and improve incomes for up to 85,000 inhabitants, mainly indigenous (Dayak) communities.

  Press release: &Green invests in Indonesian palm oil company PT Hilton Duta Lestari for the establishment of a traceable, inclusive and deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

• &Green invests in Indonesian palm oil company PT Hilton Duta Lestari for the establishment of a traceable, inclusive and deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

  Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”) has invested USD 12 million as an 8-year loan facility in PT Hilton Duta Lestari (“HDL") to construct a Crude Palm Oil mill and to create an inclusive palm oil supply base in West Kalimantan, Indonesia that ensures No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE). &Green, a blended finance vehicle established to de-link deforestation from tropical agricultural commodity production, will work with HDL to reduce deforestation across four districts and improve incomes for up to 85,000 inhabitants, mainly indigenous (Dayak) communities. By empowering smallholders throughout a 30km radius around its estates, HDL will be able to source only from no-deforestation oil palm fruit (FFB) suppliers, which will therefore support forest protection in a landscape that is experiencing accelerating rates of clearing.

  &Green invests in Indonesian palm oil company PT Hilton Duta Lestari for the establishment of a traceable, inclusive and deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

• European Soy Monitor Report

  Sustainable soy uptake in Europe increased from 42.2% in 2019 to 43.8% in 2020. The 2020 European Soy monitor examines EU27+ (European, UK, Norwegian, and Swiss) imports of sustainable soy.

  European Soy Monitor Report

• LDN TAF 2nd Learning Brief on Sustainable Land Management

  The publication marks two years of the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund and Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) being operational. It shares showcases the groundbreaking work of the TAF and the…

  LDN TAF 2nd Learning Brief on Sustainable Land Management

• How Collective Action Can Transform Landscapes To Forest Positive 

  As the world marks Earth Day, the Forest Positive Coalition and IDH -The Sustainable Trade Initiative, share five elements of success for landscape-level programs working to restore and protect forests. 

  How Collective Action Can Transform Landscapes To Forest Positive 

• Turning Europe’s good intentions into effective action to stop deforestation

  It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the same is true when it comes to international efforts to halt deforestation. This week, the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report, once again highlighting the key role of forest protection in mitigating climate change and adapting to its impacts. Despite decades of such advice and well-meaning policy, we’re still losing our remaining forests at an alarming rate.

  Turning Europe’s good intentions into effective action to stop deforestation

• “Trees Bring Oxygen, Shade and Rain”

  In Côte d’Ivoire, traditional cocoa farming involved cutting down trees to increase sunlight. This not only accelerates climate change, but also negatively impacts cocoa yields. Shade management is better for cocoa tree life expectancy, quality of beans and soil health. A highly biodiverse cocoa farm has been shown to be drought, disease, and pest resilient.

  “Trees Bring Oxygen, Shade and Rain”

• EU regulation on deforestation-free products

  The EU zero deforestation legislation is crucial. However, if Europe ‘cleans’ its imports, deforestation-risk commodities could be diverted to other parts of the world. IDH and Proforest have come up with two big steps that could be taken. The first is to classify those jurisdictions that have time-bound, speedy and credible plans to get zero-deforestation as ‘transitional risk’ and for European governments and consumer goods companies to offer support to achieve their goals. Secondly, we suggest that the information collection requirements should be varied depending on the level of risk of the country or jurisdiction: lighten the information collection burden for low-risk jurisdictions, and require more granular data for high-risk hotspots.

  EU regulation on deforestation-free products

• Learning from Landscapes

  Landscape approaches and their impact Evaluating IDH efforts in creating cohesive conservation Following five years of IDH’s Landscape Program, KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Unique Land Use carried…

  Learning from Landscapes