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] How to halt deforestation in the Amazon? A Bayesian process-tracing approach

F Brandão, B Befani, J Soares-Filho, R Rajão, E Garcia - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we employ for the first time a Bayesian process-tracing approach to assess the
role of different interventions designed to halt deforestation. We applied the methodology to …

[HTML][HTML] The challenge of commodity-centric governance in sacrifice frontiers: Evidence from the Brazilian Cerrado's soy sector

SA Levy, AVN Garik, RD Garrett - Geoforum, 2024 - Elsevier
Conservation governance is increasingly globalized, particularly supply chain polices
implemented by multinational corporations. However, the ways that local elite narratives and …

The role of agri‐food 4.0 in climate‐smart farming for controlling climate change‐related risks: A business perspective analysis

Y Kazancoglu, C Lafci, A Kumar… - … Strategy and the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of climate change, including fires, droughts and storms, on natural resources and
agricultural output is increasing. In addition to these problems, resource depletion and …

Trends of potentially illegal deforestation over protected areas of Rio das Velhas basin, Brazil

AR de Oliveira, FAL Pacheco… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the promise to increase control and fight against deforestation, the new Brazilian
Forest Code (BFC) allowed more flexible dimensioning and land use rules in areas of …

Assessing the performance of voluntary environmental agreements under high monitoring costs: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

BV Miranda, GM de Oliveira - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Voluntary environmental arrangements generally coexist with State-based and private rules,
creating a property rights system that legitimizes certain behaviors. In a world of positive …

Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil

G Cerullo, T Worthington, P Brancalion… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Substantial global restoration commitments are occurring alongside a rapid expansion in
land‐hungry tropical commodities, including to supply increasing demand for wood …

[HTML][HTML] Deforestation and climate risk hotspots in the global cocoa value chain

C Parra-Paitan, P Meyfroidt, PH Verburg… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we produced a spatially explicit diagnosis of the deforestation hotspots and
future climate risk (2050) of cocoa producing areas, zooming into the top 8 cocoa exporting …

Co‐production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms

F Oliveira da Silva, EC Arellano… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification and expansion are the main drivers of biodiversity loss that
continue to increase this century, especially in South America. International markets and …

How well does the implementation of corporate zero-deforestation commitments in Indonesia align with aims to halt deforestation and include smallholders?

A Chandra, RD Garrett, KM Carlson… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In response to growing scrutiny surrounding commodity-driven deforestation, companies
have introduced zero-deforestation commitments (ZDCs) with ambitious environmental and …