forests

Indonesia makes progress towards zero palm oil deforestation – but gains in forest protection are fragile

Feature / Palm oil deforestation falls in Indonesia, but price surge and growth in exporters with lower standards are still putting forests at risk.

Palm oil deforestation falls in Indonesia, but price surge and growth in exporters with lower standards still putting forests at risk

Press release / New Trase data reveal a fall in deforestation linked to Indonesian palm oil exports between 2018 and 2020.

Toby Gardner comments on new study in Innovation News Network

Media coverage / Over 90% of tropical deforestation is caused by agriculture.

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Journal article / This review points to three key areas where a stronger evidence base would advance global efforts to curb agriculture-driven deforestation.

Asia in Focus: Climate Change and the Business and Human Rights Agenda

Past event / SEI Asia Doctoral Fellow and Consultant Sara K. Phillips discusses the connections between the environment, business and human rights in a UNDP webcast series.

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

Press release / New study: Halting deforestation will require a step-change in approach and to be effective, measures must address underlying and indirect roles of agriculture.

Land-use based mitigation for resilient climate pathways (LANDMARC) – Northern Europe and Canada

Past event / The EU-funded LANDMARC project is organizing a Regional Stakeholder Dialogue on Land-Based Mitigation Technologies for Northern Europe and Canada.

“I’m not JUST a farmer”

Feature / Meet the Thai “agripreneurs” who are adapting to their local context by diversifying rural livelihoods.

Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Journal article / Agricultural interventions can help boost food security for poor rural communities but in certain cases can exacerbate deforestation; the rebound effect.