forests

Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains

Journal article / This article examines indirect sourcing in sectors with high rates of commodity-driven deforestation – a major blind spot for sustainable sourcing.

Action on deforestation must address indirect sourcing ‘blindspot’

Feature / Traders, food manufacturers, retailers and governments must take action to reduce deforestation risks associated with indirect sources sources of commodities.

Beyond deforestation: water use in global agricultural commodity supply chains

SEI brief / Deforestation is not the only factor that should be considered in a crop's environmental footprint. Water use is often overlooked in agricultural policy.

Q&A: Introducing the Commodity Footprints dashboard

Feature / The tool's creators explain how the free interactive dashboard can be used to visualize data on the global environmental impacts of consumption and production.

Quo vadis, Brazil? Environmental malgovernance under Bolsonaro and the ambiguous role of the Sustainable Development Goals

Journal article / This paper examines the Bolsonaro administration in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, revealing malgovernance and deliberate transgressions

Bolivia WATCH: the Chiquitania wildfires and water resources

SEI podcast / This episode covers how wildfires in Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest affect water resources and what scientists and policymakers are doing to address the impacts.

The UK Soy Manifesto

Other publication / A collective industry commitment to work together to ensure all physical shipments of soy to the UK are deforestation and habitat conversion free.

Attending to nature: understanding care and caring relations in forest management in the UK

Journal article / This paper examines the concept of 'care' to understand the relationship between people and woodland and how this can be extended to forest conservation.

Chiquitania rural water supply: Considering decentralized water infrastructure and land use change in hydrologic analysis

SEI brief / Urban and agricultural growth in Bolivian dry forests are putting pressure on groundwater and surface water supply. SEI research seeks to quantify the problem.