News from the urgency of action report to tackle tropical deforestation

• Indonesian start-up adapts app to support shrimp farmers through COVID-19 crisis

  Shrimp farmers are a hardy bunch. In recent years, the industry has been hit by a number of viral diseases, such as the White Spot Disease and Early Mortality Syndrome. The Asian shrimp industry alone reported to have lost at least USD $20 billion in the last decade. This series of shocks has led the industry to bounce back better: with farmers increasingly cutting out use of antibiotics, reducing environmental impact of shrimp production and finding technological solutions to boost their resilience. Last year, Indonesian start-up JALA together with IDH launched a data-driven system to monitor and prevent shrimp diseases. But can these experiences bolster the industry’s immunity to the global impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic?

  Indonesian start-up adapts app to support shrimp farmers through COVID-19 crisis

• Companies and governments show interest in the ‘Colombian PCI’ proposal

  In the first two weeks of March, the IDH Colombia team visited the towns considered as priorities for the implementation of the sustainable territorial development project in the…

  Companies and governments show interest in the ‘Colombian PCI’ proposal