Amazon Footprint Report: Drivers of Amazon deforestation in agricultural supply chains

Chris West; Jo Cook; Simon Croft

Palm oil plants at a plantation in Malaysia.

Trase: UK unprotected from high levels of deforestation exposure

Feature / Delivering legislation to tackle deforestation should be a priority for the newly elected British government according to Trase.

3 July 2024 / About Forests, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

several people in a green grassy shrubby area near woodlands, climbing over a wood fence under blue skies.

Land cover scenarios in four Kenyan arid and semi-arid regions by 2050

SEI working paper / The researchers analysed spatial land use data for the past two decades for primarily arid and semiarid lands (ASAL) to project forest cover in Kenya by 2050.

1 July 2024 / About Forests and Land use

Cocoa beans being transported on a conveyor belt in a processing facility.

EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure

Feature / EU imports of cocoa and palm oil drive major global deforestation, new Trase research shows.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Public policy and Supply chains

Dark clouds in the sky over a dirt road passing through tropical dry forest trees on either side.

What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco?

Journal article / This study shows options for potential land-system futures for the Gran Chaco, a global deforestation hotspot with high biological and cultural diversity.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use and Public policy

Self-propelled machine harvesting and unloading soybeans

‘Greenlash’ and reactionary stakeholders in environmental governance: An analysis of soy farmers against zero deforestation in Brazil

Journal article / This article explores the positions and views of stakeholders who resist the zero-deforestation agenda.

19 June 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use and Supply chains

Two agricultural harvester machines harvesting soybeans in a vast field under a dramatic sky with large clouds. Dust clouds are visible behind the machines, indicating active harvesting.

Tracking soy to halt deforestation

Feature / Learn how Trase data drives actions to curb deforestation in soy supply chains.

22 May 2024 / About Bioeconomy, Forests, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Prospects and challenges for policy convergence between the EU and China to address imported deforestation

Journal article / This study applies the ‘Brussels Effect’ theory to identify key factors facilitating and hindering policy convergence between the EU and China.

3 April 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Land use and Supply chains

How to ensure due diligence policies actually tackle deforestation

Feature / Mairon G. Baston Lima writes that governments need to build synergies with other policies for sustainable land use in a Trase Insight.

3 April 2024 / About Forests, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

2024 International Day of Forests

Feature / Explore SEI’s latest research, tools and initiatives in response to SDGs 12, 13 and 15 on responsible consumption and managing forests.

20 March 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains