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Tropical forests are at the front line of sustainable development, where critical trade-offs need to be negotiated between climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, food production and economic development. SEI research work on tropical forests ranges from ecological research to groundbreaking data-driven transparency tools linking impacts of deforestation to global companies and consumer markets.
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Journal article / Which road projects offer high economic benefits combined with low environmental and social impacts?
Journal article / Four ways that Brazil could reclaim leadership in sustainable agricultural leadership by increasing output while curbing deforestation.
Media coverage / A new publication presents a quantification of carbon emissions from agriculture- and forestry-related deforestation across the tropics.
Journal article / A pan-tropical survey of emissions, coupled with supply-chain mapping, links emissions to consumer markets.
Journal article / How can the impacts of water use on water cycles be better represented in life cycle impact assessments?
Project / Assessing trade in agricultural commodities e.g. palm oil and soybean production in environments at risk.
Journal article / A restoration prioritization approach can reveal synergies and trade-offs with food production and increase cost-effectiveness for biodiversity conservation.
Journal article / This article demonstrates the importance of using land data and hydrological models to support implementation of legislation to safeguard the environment.
Feature / New countries, new commodities, new indicators, and new levels of accuracy are now available on the Trase forest-risk supply chain transparency platform.
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