Although causal links between tropical deforestation and palm oil are well established,
linking this land use change to where the palm oil is actually consumed remains a distinct …

A major reduction in global deforestation is needed to mitigate climate change and
biodiversity loss. Recent private sector commitments aim to eliminate deforestation from a …

Governments and development organisations consider the involvement of poor forest
managers in global value chains and markets as a most promising approach for resolving …

Forest conservation policies could potentially become a centerpiece for climate change
mitigation. Incentive-based conservation policies, such as payments for environmental …

Abstract The Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is often conceived through complex
schemes without a clear definition of all concepts involved. This study presents the results of …

Environmental protection and poverty alleviation in the developing world are usually
heralded as joint objectives. However, these two goals are often associated with different …

Expansion of agricultural commodity production is driving rapid deforestation in tropical
countries. Several strategies including jurisdictional planning and producer or sectoral‐level …

There is a new trend toward public supply chain-related laws which demand information
from companies on imported products. The European Union's (EU) Renewable Energy …

Costa Rica's national payment for environmental services (PES) program has inspired a
large body of research, most of which seeks to assess its impacts on deforestation and/or …

This paper aims to improve our understanding of how and where global supply-chains link
consumers of agricultural and forest commodities across the world to forest destruction in …