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 …

Post-2020 biodiversity framework challenged by cropland expansion in protected areas

Z Meng, J Dong, EC Ellis, G Metternicht, Y Qin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are essential for biodiversity conservation but are threatened by
cropland expansion. Recent studies have only reported global cropland expansion in large …

Integrating relational and instrumental values of nature in planning land use for multiple ecosystem services (LUMENS): tools and process

S Dewi, R Mulia, F Johana, A Ekadinata… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Beyond land suitability, land-use plans involve rights, values, and voices.•
Multistakeholder negotiations can plan for green growth plans with the LUMENS …

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

RL Carvalho, AF Resende, J Barlow, FM França… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, 1, 2 and attempts to address it
require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental …

[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] Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming

T Daum, F Baudron, R Birner, M Qaim, I Grass - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need for agricultural development strategies that reconcile agricultural
production and biodiversity conservation. This is especially true in the Global South where …

Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems

C Bonilla-Cedrez, P Steward, TS Rosenstock… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Livestock production supports economic growth, jobs and nutrition, but contributes to and is
vulnerable to climate change. A transition is thus needed for livestock systems to become …

Mapping the diversity of land uses following deforestation across Africa

RN Masolele, D Marcos, V De Sy, IO Abu… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
African forest are increasingly in decline as a result of land-use conversion due to human
activities. However, a consistent and detailed characterization and mapping of land-use …

Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions

T Knoke, N Hanley, RM Roman-Cuesta, B Groom… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing global forest losses is essential to mitigate climate change and its associated
social costs. Multiple market and non-market factors can enhance or reduce forest loss …

High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation

Y Wang, PM Hollingsworth, D Zhai, CD West… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the effects of cash crop expansion on natural forest is of fundamental
importance. However, for most crops there are no remotely sensed global maps, and global …