Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and infor...
Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Newton, Peter
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Pinto, L
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[Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil]
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Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil
Voluntary certification programs are one type of intervention used to incentivize the commodity agricultural sector in tropical forest landscapes to reduce deforestation and improve sustainability. These programs encourage supply-chain actors to produce and source products according to agreed sta...
Winters, P.
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Kuo HW
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Niljinda C
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Chen, B.
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Ongun M
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Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Daryanto, S.
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Newton, Peter
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[Designing for value: Structuring voluntary certification programs to increase stakeholder acceptance]
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Designing for value: Structuring voluntary certification programs to increase stakeholder acceptance
Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and...
Bogaerts, Meghan
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Cirhigiri, Lora
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Robinson, Ian
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Rodkin, Mikaela
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Hajjar, Reem
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Costa Junior, Ciniro
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Newton, Peter
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[Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon
The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural producti...
Newton, Peter
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Agrawal, A.
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Wollenberg, L.
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[Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes]
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Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
KEY FINDINGS
Cattle producers joined sustainability initiatives primarily to increase production, reduce production costs, learn new practices and access innovations, and because of their interest in sustainability.
Farmers who shifted to sustainable intensification practices increased their prod...
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Build on market development lessons from the coffee sector to enhance sustainability, quality, traceability, and branding in the cattle sector.
Expand sustainability initiatives’ capacity to deliver market access, technical assistance, and finance services to more cattle fa...
Pinto LFG
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Hajjar, Reem
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Newton, Peter
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Agrawal, A.
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Adshead D
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Bini, Denici
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Bogaerts, Meghan
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Cirhigiri, Lora
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Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria Alice
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Gonzáles Chaves, A.
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McDermott C
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Milder, Jeffrey C.
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Pinho P
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Robinson, I.
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Rodkin M
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Transitioning to more sustainable, low-emissions agriculture in Brazil]
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Transitioning to more sustainable, low-emissions agriculture in Brazil
Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and...
Bogaerts, Meghan
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Cirhigiri, Lora
,
Robinson, Ian
,
Rodkin, Mikaela
,
Hajjar, Reem
,
Costa Junior, Ciniro
,
Newton, Peter
,
[Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon
A number of governance mechanisms address socio-environmental challenges associated with commodity agriculture in tropical forested countries. Governance mechanisms that prove effective in one agricultural sector are often applied to other sectors as well. For example, voluntary certification pro...
Hajjar, Reem
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Newton, Peter
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Ashead, Daniel
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Bogaerts, Meghan
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Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria Alice
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Pinto, Louis F.G.
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McDermott, Constance
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Milder, Jeffrey
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Agrawal, Arun
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[Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: Transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil]
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Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: Transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil
A large number of governance interventions are being developed in order to reduce deforestation and enhance the sustainability of commodity
supply chains across the tropics. The extent to which individual agricultural commodity supply chain interventions can achieve scale, and
environmental or so...
Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Newton, Peter
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Guedes Pinto, L.F.
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[Reducing deforestation and enhancing sustainability in commodity supply chains: interactions between governance interventions and cattle certification in Brazil]
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Reducing deforestation and enhancing sustainability in commodity supply chains: interactions between governance interventions and cattle certification in Brazil
Voluntary certification programs for agricultural and forest products have beendeveloped to improve the environmental and social sustainability of produc-tion processes. The new Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) cattle certifi-cation program aims to reduce deforestation in the cattle supply c...
Newton, Peter
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Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Guedes Pinto, L.F.
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[Certification, forest conservation, and cattle: theories and evidence of change in Brazil]
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Certification, forest conservation, and cattle: theories and evidence of change in Brazil
Sustainability standards and certification serve to differentiate and provide market recognition to goods produced in accordance with social and environmental good practices, typically including practices to protect biodiversity. Such standards have seen rapid growth, including in tropical agricu...
Milder, Jeffrey C.
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Arbuthnot M
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Blackman, A.
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Brooks, S.
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Giovannucci, Daniele
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Gross LH
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Kennedy ET
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Komives K
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Lambin EF
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Lee A
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Meyer D
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Newton, Peter
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Phalan, B.
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Schroth, Götz
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Semroc, Bambi
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Rokxoort, H. van
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Zrust, M.
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[An agenda for assessing and improving conservation impacts of sustainability standards in tropical agriculture]
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An agenda for assessing and improving conservation impacts of sustainability standards in tropical agriculture