Responsible companies and their chief executives in the region and around the globe can safeguard South America’s natural areas by harnessing innovations that expand integrated production practices, complying with and supporting the enforcement of environmental regulations, and promoting ways to reward producers that conserve or help regenerate the forest. These actions will help to improve living standards of local communities, contributing to global climate, biodiversity and sustainable development goals. They will also further the region’s contribution to global peace and prosperity through the plentiful supply of quality food to the world.