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
Key Messages
• A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, but
was unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems.
• New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems...
Pacheco, Pablo
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Piketty, Marie-Gabrielle
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Poccard-Chapuis, Rene
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García Drigo, Isabel
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El Husny, Jamil Chaar
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Gomes, Mario
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Tourrand, Jean François
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[Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification]
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Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification
Study region : In this study, 33 catchments across the Lower Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia are examined to detect historical changes in their hydrological response via a model-based methodology.
Study focus : Intensive development over the past half century across Southeast Asia’s Lower Mekong B...
Lyon, S.W.
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King, K.
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Polpanich, O.
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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[Assessing hydrologic changes across the Lower Mekong Basin]
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Assessing hydrologic changes across the Lower Mekong Basin
This study base on existing scientific literature makes an economic evaluation of carbon stocks gained under different deforestation and forest degradation scenarios (100, 50 and 25% avoided deforestation) during a 20 years period (2010–2030). It analyzes the associated financial commitments to a...
Sonwa, D.J.
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Nlom, J.H.
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Neba, G.
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[Valuation of forest carbon stocks to estimate the potential for result-based payment under REDD+ in Cameroon]
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Valuation of forest carbon stocks to estimate the potential for result-based payment under REDD+ in Cameroon
Short-term trends show that livestock production is becoming an increasingly important factor in regional development, possibly because of the combined effect of increasing the forages on offer and planting crops better adapted to the environmental and economic conditions of marginal areas and th...
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer?]
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Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer?
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Arresting resource degradation in the forest margins of Amazonia: economic and policy analysis of agricultural land use]
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Arresting resource degradation in the forest margins of Amazonia: economic and policy analysis of agricultural land use
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