Publications

Guide pour l'engagement des entreprises prives dans la REDD+ au Cameroun

Depuis 2009, le Cameroun est engagé dans la REDD+. La REDD+ est un processus qui permet de valoriser le rôle joué par la forêt dans la stabilisation du climat mondial à travers le stockage des gaz à effet de serre.

Categories: Supporting companies, Africa, French

Achieving inclusive governance in GCFRP implementation in Ghana

Lessons and Experiences in Setting up and the Functioning of Companies and Government Collaborations in the Asunafo-Asutifi Landscape Programme

Category: Africa

Private Sector Engagement in Sustainability Landscape Initiatives in Cameroon: Guidance on Engagement Principles

Within the framework of our Production Landscape Programme, we have developed principles and guidance on how companies can engage with and collaborate on landscape initiatives.

Categories: Landscape Approaches, Africa

EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products: Recommendations for a Forest Positive Impact

In this paper, IDH and Proforest put forward recommendations to build on the positive foundations of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products.

The Africa Palm Oil Initiative Highlights from 2020 - 2021

Highlights of the last year: policy success, working on sustainability plans and getting back to fieldwork and training.

Categories: Africa, Palm oil

Malaysian National Interpretation for the Management and Monitoring of High Conservation Values

Guidance for the management and monitoring of social and environmental values in production landscapes in Malaysia.

Categories: Conservation & Land Use, Southeast Asia

Marrakesh +5: Five Years of Progress towards Sustainable Palm Oil Development in Africa

Progress, lessons learned and next steps for the Africa Palm Oil Initiative (APOI), five years after the signing of the Marrakesh Declaration for Sustainable Development of the Palm Oil Sector in Africa.

Categories: Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives, Africa Palm Oil Initiative

Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-Commodity Production Landscape in Indonesia

This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.

Categories: Gender, Landscape Approaches, Smallholders, Southeast Asia, Palm oil, Timber, English

Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-commodity Production Landscape in Ghana

This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.

Categories: Human Rights, Landscape Approaches, Smallholders, Africa, Palm oil, Rubber, Cocoa, Timber

Engagement Principles for the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program

The logic and strength of the GCFRP is based on the core concept that cocoa cannot be sustainably produced, and deforestation and degradation drivers cannot be reduced significantly at a project or singular institutional level, which has been the practice to date. Rather, these issues and challenges necessitate a large-scale, integrated

approach to foster the massive transformational changes in farming practices and land use decision making required to reduce deforestation and degradation and to drive forest/tree growth in the landscape.

Protecting and Respecting Human Rights Defenders

This briefing is for companies committed to respecting human rights in their own operations and their supply chains. It details steps to embed the protection and respect of human rights defenders into company policies.

Category: Human Rights

Guidance for child labour grievances

This is part of a series commissioned by Cargill and written by Proforest as part of Proforest’s work with Cargill on grievances, and how to address grievances with its suppliers.

Categories: Grievance Mechanisms, Human Rights, Palm oil