In this interactive deep-dive, we share some of our immediate responses to COVID-19 as a programme and put forward a case for considering sustainable land use and forests as an essential part of the longer-term global recovery.
Resources
Coopavam: Untapping the green power of Brazil nuts
This video takes a look at how Brazilian cooperative Coopavam is working closely with indigenous communities to protect forests and improve livelihoods in the Amazon, with support from Partnerships for Forests.
Conecta – Partnerships for Responsible Agriculture
This video shares how the Conecta partnership combines a sustainability protocol with a monitoring tool to offer a streamlined, comprehensive solution for achieving transparency across the value chain for the Brazilian beef industry.
Illipe Nut: A New Value Chain with Strong Social and Gender Potential
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.
Voices from Ghana’s cocoa value chain
In this video key representatives in the value chain – from farmers growing the cocoa, to the buyers and manufacturers of chocolate – talk about how they are working in partnership with government to deliver transformation in Ghana’s cocoa industry.
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.
High value, low intensity value chains in forest landscapes
This literature review identifies and analyses evidence from secondary sources to test the intervention strategy of P4F on high value, low intensity value chains.
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.
The Africa Palm Oil Initiative: Highlights 2019-2020
This report details highlights from the Africa Palm Oil Initiative (APOI) during its implementation phase over the past year.
Strengthening sustainability commitments in the Brazilian beef sector
In this video, Partnerships for Forests showcases the solutions that the programme supports towards a more sustainable and resilient beef production in the Brazilian Amazon.
