I’m frequently asked why tropical countries shouldn’t clear forests when many industrialised countries cleared theirs years ago. It’s an interesting question and one that I’ve been grappling with...

Demonstrating and promoting district level sustainable commodity production

Tracking sustainable palm oil and defining jurisdictional sustainability

Linking supply and demand-side measures Many major agricultural commodities such as beef, soy, sugar and palm oil drive deforestation in tropical countries. There is a growing awareness that in...

Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation Forest degradation Human activities that drive forest degradation include overgrazing, demand for fuel wood and charcoal, excessive logging...

Indonesia Indonesia is home to the third largest area of tropical forests in the world after Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its forests contain some of the world’s most...

Côte d'Ivoire Between 1960 and 2017, Côte d'Ivoire's forest cover declined from 12 million hectares to less than 3 million hectares as agriculture, cocoa production in particular, expanded....