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Transparency in deforestation-free production and trade

Significant work is required to improve the accessibility and transparency of information along complex commodity supply chains.

Transparency in deforestation-free production and trade

Significant work is required to improve the accessibility and transparency of information along complex commodity supply chains.

Information on forest-risk supply chains and related market intelligence will help REDD+ countries to take economic, fiscal, land-use and trade-related decisions and to increase recognition of their responsible land-use policies.

The production and trade of commodities such as palm oil, soy and beef drives deforestation and forest degradation. While a growing number of public and private actors are committed to stopping deforestation associated with international commodity trade, companies and financial institutions still lack reliable and systematic information they need to manage risks in their procurement and investment policies.

Jurisdictional REDD+ and zero-deforestation initiatives have poor market visibility for their responsible value chains, and are impatient for incentives from commodity markets to sustain their efforts. Significant work is required to improve the accessibility and transparency of information along complex commodity supply chains.

The work of the EU REDD Facility provides lessons and experiences on working with government stakeholders at subnational, national and international levels to increase transparency in forest-risk commodity supply chains and related trade relationships.

Actions

Construcción de un diálogo nacional para el desarrollo de un sistema de trazabilidad y transparencia para el cacao libre de deforestación

Ecuador y Colombia iniciaron con el Centro REDD de la UE un diagnóstico participativo para anticiparse a las nuevas políticas y requerimientos de los mercados importadores de cacao. El objetivo es disponer de un sistema nacional de información para el monitoreo del riesgo de deforestación de las cadenas de valor del cacao.

Building trust for traceable deforestation-free cocoa

In collaboration with the EU REDD Facility, Ecuador and Colombia started a participatory diagnosis to anticipate the policy developments and future requirements of cocoa-importing markets. The aim is to build a national information system to monitor deforestation of cocoa value chains.
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Supporting the TFA APOI Congolese platform

With the ambition of developing a sustainable palm oil sector, Congo committed in 2016 to the African Palm Oil Initiative (APOI), this flagship initiative of Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) 2020. The TFA involves 10 countries in West and Central Africa, as well as key palm oil consumers, businesses, traders and producers, civil society, and groups representing local communities and indigenous peoples.

About the EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility supports countries in improving land-use governance as part of their efforts to slow, halt and reverse deforestation. It also supports the overall EU effort to reduce its contribution to deforestation in developing countries. The Facility focuses on countries that are engaged in REDD+, an international mechanism that incentivises developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their forest and land-use sectors. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute and was established in 2010.

Disclaimer

This website has been produced with the assistance of the European Union and the Governments Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. The contents of this site are the sole responsibility of the European Forest Institute’s EU REDD Facility and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of funding organisations.