This case study explores how Partnerships for Forests is supporting ethical commodity producer Forestwise to develop a market for illipe butter to unlock the commercial value of the illipe nut and support communities in West Kalimantan, with a particular focus on the model’s gender and social impact.
Resource type: Case studies
Case study resource type
The Climate Smart Lending Platform: driving resilience with data-driven technologies for climate-smart credit
This case study explores how a new platform is providing an integrated solution for unlocking investments and helping smallholders better tackle climate change impacts.
Replicating a sustainability initiative across sectors and geographies: HCSA’s experience in the West African cocoa sector
This case study outlines the process and lessons taken from adapting the HCSA toolkit for use in the smallholder dominated sector of cocoa production in West Africa.
Restoring degraded lands in tropical forests: How the Seed Paths Initiative is enabling forest restoration pilots in Brazil
This case study explores how the Seed Paths Initiative supported over 30 pilots between 2019-20 to restore diverse environments across Brazil including the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Rainforest biomes with an innovative direct seeding approach.
Strengthening sustainable sourcing commitments: Early results on improving sustainability in the Brazilian beef industry
This case study looks at early results from Partnerships for Forests’ support to a number of initiatives that are working with the Brazilian beef industry to strengthen sustainability commitments and improve the environment for sustainable sourcing of cattle and beef.
Developing a new model of sustainable smallholder oil palm production: the case of the BOPP Community Smallholder scheme in Ghana
This case study explores how two P4F-supported projects – the BOPP Community Smallholder scheme and the Africa Palm Oil Initiative (APOI) – are developing a new model of sustainable smallholder oil palm production that is environmentally and socially sustainable and protects the rich tropical forests of the region.
Unlocking Carbon Finance in Ghana
Lessons learned from incubating a regenerative cocoa business model in Ghana that helped unlock performance-based payments for carbon emission reductions in Ghana’s High Forest Zone.
From Seeds to Forest: Combined strategies to strengthen forest restoration in Brazil
This case study outlines some early stage results emerging from two initiatives working to promote and scale an innovative direct seeding technique in Brazil’s reforestation sector.
A sweet taste for forests
This case study tells the story of a multi-partner initiative turning cocoa into a restoration driver in Brazil’s leading deforestation state.
Moving towards deforestation free soya in the UK: the role of public-private supply chain dialogue
This case study documents the significant progress made by the UK Sustainable Soya Initiative in driing corporate and public policy changes in the UK and in other consumer countries.
