Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

F Pendrill, TA Gardner, P Meyfroidt, UM Persson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

Deforestation-free commodity supply chains: myth or reality?

EF Lambin, PR Furumo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since the early 2000s, many private companies, public-private coalitions, and governments
have committed to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains. Despite these zero …

[HTML][HTML] Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon could be halved by scaling up the implementation of zero-deforestation cattle commitments

SA Levy, F Cammelli, J Munger, HK Gibbs… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deforestation for agriculture is a key threat to global carbon stocks, biodiversity, and
indigenous ways of life. In the absence of strong territorial governance, zero-deforestation …

[HTML][HTML] Are corporate biodiversity commitments consistent with delivering 'nature-positive'outcomes? A review of 'nature-positive'definitions, company progress and …

SOSE Zu Ermgassen, M Howard, L Bennun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are growing calls for businesses to implement 'nature-positive'strategies.
Convergence around a precise definition is now needed. We review definitions of 'nature …

Cocoa plantations are associated with deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

N Kalischek, N Lang, C Renier, RC Daudt, T Addoah… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the world's largest producers of cocoa, account for two thirds of the
global cocoa production. In both countries, cocoa is the primary perennial crop, providing …

Transparency, traceability and deforestation in the Ivorian cocoa supply chain

C Renier, M Vandromme, P Meyfroidt… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Cocoa production has been identified as a major global driver of deforestation, but its
precise contribution to deforestation dynamics in West Africa remains unclear. It is also …

[HTML][HTML] Large gaps in voluntary sustainability commitments covering the global cocoa trade

C Parra-Paitan, EKHJ zu Ermgassen… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production and trade of agricultural commodities, such as cocoa, have important
impacts on farmer livelihoods and the environment, prompting a growing number of …

Securing oil palm smallholder livelihoods without more deforestation in Indonesia

TM Li - Nature Sustainability, 2024 - nature.com
Facing criticism that Indonesia's oil palm industry causes deforestation, government and
industry representatives have highlighted the role of oil palm in improving the livelihoods of …

Why corporate sustainability initiatives fail to reduce deforestation and what to do about it

R Panwar, J Pinkse, B Cashore… - Business Strategy and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deforestation is a complex environmental problem that has eluded a series of public policies
and private‐sector interventions. The need to develop effective solutions to this problem is …

Cocoa production in the 2020s: Challenges and solutions

JE Kongor, M Owusu, C Oduro-Yeboah - CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a crop of huge economic significance
worldwide and is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical countries. Currently, West Africa …