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Proforest Releases Forest Risk Commodities Draft Briefing Note for Public Comment at China Overseas Investment Fair Side Event

Proforest, SynTao, South-North Institute for Sustainable Development and Beijing Jinde Consulting Co., Ltd. jointly launched a new draft Briefing Note for public comment analysing China’s Green Supply Chain for Forest-Risk...

Growing from what farmers know with local knowledge in the Asunafo Asutifi landscape

Cocoa husks, plantain stems, neem leaves and used water bottles: some of the ideas documented during European Forest Institute and Proforest field visit to the Asunafo Asutifi landscape. The visit was a chance to review progress...

Sustainable Landscapes Partnership (SLP) advances co-investment agenda to scale up sustainable landscapes in the Cerrado at Climate Week NYC

The session brought together companies, financial institutions and implementing organisations to discuss how to finance the agricultural transition, share risks and strengthen supply chain resilience.

Decarbonising to invest in agriculture: the insetting debate at SPCW 2026

At São Paulo Climate Week 2026, Proforest and WWF-Brazil hosted an event exploring the potential of insetting to decarbonise Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) value chains in Brazil. The discussion brought together...

Proforest supports community-led restoration through EFI grant scheme

Photo Credit: EFI

Proforest is working with partners, communities, traditional leaders, and government stakeholders to restore degraded forest landscapes through the Ghana Forest Restoration Grant Scheme, a European Union-funded...

China That Understands Brazil – and the Brazil That Needs to Understand China

There is something revealing about sitting at the same table as someone who understands both sides of the equation. That is exactly what the week of 8–12 June represented for Proforest in Brazil: the visit of Jian Wan, Deputy...

Proforest Participates in Rio Nature and Climate Week with a Focus on Insetting and Traceability in Agribusiness

On 3 June 2026, during Rio Nature and Climate Week – the first climate week of the Global South, held in Rio de Janeiro – Proforest took part in the Climate Emergency Brake Forum, making a significant technical contribution to...

Africa's sugar industry is reinventing itself: The window of opportunity is now

A blog by Patricia Offei, Principal Project Manager; Proforest Africa.

In April 2026, I walked into the Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi, Kenya for the Annual Africa Sugar Conference and left two days later with a very different...

Towards Greener and More Resilient Supply Chains in China

Proforest Executive Directors Ruth Nussbaum and Abraham Baffoe welcoming the meeting of expert guests.

Pasture restoration and supply chain decarbonisation: the role of insetting in the Caminho Verde Brasil Programme

The Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (MBPS) has published a set of recommendations for the Caminho Verde Brasil Programme, reinforcing the urgency of linking productive land restoration to corporate and national...