Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

F Pendrill, TA Gardner, P Meyfroidt, UM Persson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

Comprehensive review of carbon quantification by improved forest management offset protocols

BK Haya, S Evans, L Brown, J Bukoski… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Improved forest management (IFM) has the potential to remove and store large quantities of
carbon from the atmosphere. Around the world, 293 IFM offset projects have produced 11 …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

P Meyfroidt, A De Bremond, CM Ryan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests

M Pratzer, Á Fernández-Llamazares, P Meyfroidt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural intensification, an increase in per-area productivity, may spare forests otherwise
lost to agricultural expansion. Yet which conditions enable such sparing or whether …

Designing effective and equitable zero-deforestation supply chain policies

J Grabs, F Cammelli, SA Levy, RD Garrett - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the clearing of tropical forests for agricultural expansion, agri-food companies
have adopted promises to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains in the form of …

The 'bioeconomics vs bioeconomy'debate: Beyond criticism, advancing research fronts

S Allain, JF Ruault, M Moraine, S Madelrieux - … Innovation and Societal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The case for solving the environmental crisis through a bioeconomic transition is gaining
momentum. However, aims and content of such a transition remain unclear, as this could …

Risk of intact forest landscape loss goes beyond global agricultural supply chains

S Kan, B Chen, UM Persson, G Chen, Y Wang, J Li… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The continued loss of unfragmented intact forest landscapes (IFLs) despite numerous global
conservation initiatives indicates the need for improved knowledge of proximate and …

[HTML][HTML] Large gaps in voluntary sustainability commitments covering the global cocoa trade

C Parra-Paitan, EKHJ zu Ermgassen… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production and trade of agricultural commodities, such as cocoa, have important
impacts on farmer livelihoods and the environment, prompting a growing number of …

Have food supply chain policies improved forest conservation and rural livelihoods? A systematic review

RD Garrett, SA Levy, F Gollnow, L Hodel… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To address concerns about the negative impacts of food supply chains in forest regions, a
growing number of companies have adopted policies to influence their suppliers' behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the boom-bust cycle: an interdisciplinary framework for analysing crop booms

JC Castella, J Lu, C Friis, TB Bruun, R Cole… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The expansion of commercial agriculture is one of the primary drivers of livelihood and land-
use changes in the world. Globalisation and other factors have intensified this expansion to …