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Making agricultural commodity production systems sustainable through policy development in Peru
2 May 2023With the support of IKI, national and local government and the many stakeholders in agricultural commodity production in Peru are engaged in policy development as part of the programme: ‘Linking no deforestation supply chains and national climate mitigation initiatives’.
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Proforest at Bonsucro in Brazil with Inspire Award success
17 October 2022Proforest has a team at the sugar industry’s global association conference, Bonsucro Global Week, taking place in Brazil from October 17th.
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The Cerrado Protocol Advances to a New Phase
3 October 2022The ”Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado” is approaching the end of the evaluation phase of the socio-environmental criteria and analysis rules. Read the trial version of the Protocol at www.cerradoprotocol.net.
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Palm Oil Collaboration Group Latin American Chapter - Inaugural Meeting at International Conference on Palm Oil
21 September 2022On Wednesday, September 28th, the first in-person meeting of the Latin American Chapter of the Palm Oil Collaboration Group (POCG) will take place at the International Conference on Palma of Oil organised by Fedepalma.
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Supporting zero-deforestation soy initiative through monitoring
3 August 2022Proforest has been invited to sit on the Environmental Committee of The Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF). RCF is a new system of financial incentives for farmers in Brazil who commit to deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) soy cultivation.
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The New Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado
1 October 2021Tackling social and environmental issues associated with cattle production in the Brazilian Cerrado.
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Online event: Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado – Key results from the consultation
28 September 2021Companies sourcing cattle products from the Brazilian Cerrado have started to develop responsible sourcing strategies to avoid purchases linked with social and environmental issues in the Cerrado biome. The world’s most biodiverse...
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Proforest launches Agrovita with PepsiCo Mexico and PepsiCo Foundation
20 April 2021Proforest is leading the technical work in a new sustainable landscape programme launched today by PepsiCo. Agrovita is a three-year programme focused on PepsiCo’s supply chain for plantain, cocoa and palm production in the Tabasco and Chiapas regions in southern Mexico. PepsiCo and Proforest are focusing on agricultural and social factors within the landscape and communities.
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Lebrija River Basin and Landscape
9 April 2021Last week the Proforest team visited the Lebrija River basin in Colombia, as part of a landscape project to tackle the problems of deforestation and water management in palm oil production.
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The Soy Toolkit at Work in Companies
1 April 2021Cargill and AAK discuss how they use the toolkit for supplier engagement and capacity building
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