Tagged with "Deforestation"

• Multi-stakeholder recognition of biodiversity value protects ecological corridors in Indonesia

  Palm oil companies, IDH, civil society and other stakeholders committed to protecting Essential Ecosystem Areas in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. In 2020, this was put to the test, and the partnerships were successful.

  Multi-stakeholder recognition of biodiversity value protects ecological corridors in Indonesia

• LEAF Coalition launched to mobilize more than $1 billion to protect tropical forests and enhance global climate action

  Today at the Leaders Summit on Climate a group of governments and companies announced the LEAF Coalition, an ambitious new public-private initiative designed to accelerate climate action by providing…

  LEAF Coalition launched to mobilize more than $1 billion to protect tropical forests and enhance global climate action

• New study on cocoa traceability makes recommendation towards more transparency in the cocoa sector

  IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) have jointly commissioned a study on cocoa traceability, which is released today. The study is supported by…

  New study on cocoa traceability makes recommendation towards more transparency in the cocoa sector

• IDH in India: Promoting Responsible Sourcing of Palm Oil

  Oil palm is a valuable economic crop and continues to be a source of employment across developing contexts in Asia, Africa and Latin America. While it allows small landholders to…

  IDH in India: Promoting Responsible Sourcing of Palm Oil

• Why forest-based carbon trading is poised to go mainstream

  Ten years after it dropped off the sustainability radar, voluntary forest-based carbon trading is finally poised to get off the ground for real. We believe it can have a key role in safeguarding the future of our planet.

  Why forest-based carbon trading is poised to go mainstream

• Reflections on the One Planet Summit: Encouraging commitments but investment gap persists

  This week lifted my spirit, in a show of commitment at the One Planet Summit from world leaders. But a serious investment gap persists for investment in nature.

  Reflections on the One Planet Summit: Encouraging commitments but investment gap persists

• Unilever joins IDH coalition in backing Aceh Tamiang in its bid to become a sustainability leader

  Unilever and IDH have committed a combined investment of over 1.5 million euros to support the district of Aceh Tamiang in its goal to become one of the greenest commodity-producing regions in Indonesia. Last year, stakeholders from Aceh Tamiang established a production, protection and inclusion (PPI) compact. The compact’s three-year program will increase forest protection and reforestation, improve monitoring, support smallholder farmers to increase its sustainable palm oil productivity by 30 percent, and finally to protect an area within the Leuser Ecosystem.

  Unilever joins IDH coalition in backing Aceh Tamiang in its bid to become a sustainability leader

• IDH, FAPCEN and over 50 partners launch new Compact for sustainable development in Brazilian Cerrado

  A public-private coalition of over 50 partners has signed an agreement to collectively manage long-term sustainable development in the region of Balsas (Maranhão), in Matopiba, Brazil’s biggest agricultural frontier. The coalition has committed to actions to end illegal deforestation in the region by 2025 and to transition to sustainable methods of agricultural production.

  IDH, FAPCEN and over 50 partners launch new Compact for sustainable development in Brazilian Cerrado

• Understanding sustainable tropical wood products through data

  With COVID-19 crippling economies and trade across the globe, it has never been more important to halt illegal deforestation and fuel the growth of sustainable tropical timber. This is a…

  Understanding sustainable tropical wood products through data

• Understanding sustainable secondary tropical wood products through data

  IDH’s latest data report on sustainable tropical timber explores Europe’s impact on tropical forests as a result of secondary tropical wood imports (doors, moldings, other joinery, and windows). It builds…

  Understanding sustainable secondary tropical wood products through data