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Forests are some of the planet's most critical ecosystems, acting as carbon sinks, biomass factories and homes to rich biodiversity. SEI research looks at the impacts of land-use change and how to combine forest protection with the growing demand for land, food, energy and green space.

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Woman drawing water in Central Myanmar

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SIANI: Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative

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Trucks carrying soy, Brazil

A breakthrough in carbon footprinting for agricultural commodities

A new approach to life cycle analysis can calculate precise footprints for thousands of individual commodity trade flows from source locality to export market.

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Climate
Land
Economy
Air
3 July 2020
Brazil

Cattle herding in Boquete, Panama

Trase Yearbook reveals the state of forest-risk commodity supply chains

Trase initiative launches its 2020 review of commodity deforestation, supply chains and zero-deforestation commitments.

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Trucks carrying soy, Brazil

A breakthrough in carbon footprinting for agricultural commodities

Feature
Climate
Land
Economy
Air
3 July 2020
Brazil

Cattle herding in Boquete, Panama

Trase Yearbook reveals the state of forest-risk commodity supply chains

More than half of tropical deforestation linked to exports of key commodities is happening in less than 5% of producing regions

Five concrete actions to safeguard biodiversity this World Environment Day

Trase Finance: transparency for the hundreds of billions of dollars financing deforestation

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

How can we avoid another virus outbreak?

Feature
Land
Health
Governance
30 March 2020

A better Amazon road network for people and the environment

Sustainable production meets sustainable consumption

Feature
Economy
Land
Water
6 March 2020

Bioenergy in Kenya: Making tea production sustainable

Focus on leakage and spillovers: Informing land-use governance in a tele-coupled world

Journal articles
Economy
Land
17 February 2020

Colombian coffee futures: Trase data highlight opportunities for more sustainable production

Feature
Economy
Water
Land
22 January 2020
Colombia

4 ways to harness data to stop deforestation in supply chains

Does climate change communication matter for individual engagement with adaptation? Insights from forest owners in Sweden

Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector