forests Archives

Logs in forest with machine and trees in background, Katashina villag, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Past event / The UK Soy Manifesto is a commitment from UK industry to source deforestation and conversion-free soya by 2025, and to support wider industry to do the same.

09 November 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

British food firms vow to stop soy imports from deforested areas

Media coverage / On 9 November 2021, the UK Soy Manifesto was launched, with 27 companies already signed up to this new industry commitment. Bloomberg covers the story.

9 November 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Drone aerial view of deforestation in Amazon rainforest, trees cut and burned on illegally to open land for agriculture and livestock in Jamanxim National Forest, Para, Brazil

UK industry leaders unite to cut deforestation- and conversion-linked soy from supply chains by 2025

Press release / The UK Soy Manifesto is a commitment from UK industry to source deforestation and conversion-free soya by 2025 and to support others to do the same.

9 November 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Commodity Footprints

Tool / Explore Commodity Footprints, a public dashboard using GEIC data to show how consumption links to environmental impacts across global supply chains.

About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

Technical documentation for an experimental statistic estimating the global environmental impacts of UK consumption

SEI report / This report describes the methodologies of a new experimental statistic that will act as an indicator of the global environmental impacts of UK consumption.

28 October 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Supply chains, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

COP26 must commit to eliminating deforestation

Perspective / World leaders attending the UN climate talks in Glasgow must commit to stopping commodity-driven deforestation if they are to prevent climate catastrophe.

27 October 2021 / About Climate policy and Supply chains

Drone flying over green- and yellow-leafed plants in rows

When decisions are made by drones and other tech

Feature / What can be done to ensure that drones, AI and other technologies make environmentally sustainable choices?

12 October 2021 / About Bioeconomy and Supply chains

Aerial view of deforestation area for pasture, livestock and agriculture soy farm with forest in foreground, Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts? A rapid evidence synthesis

Journal article / This paper describes a rapid evidence synthesis to identify which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts.

24 September 2021 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Guardians of the forest

Media coverage / With Ho Chi Minh City sinking by the year due to rising sea levels, Viet Nam's Cần Giờ forest has never more vital than today.

1 October 2021 / About Forests