Proven business models are available to increase production yield and farmer incomes while avoiding further biodiversity loss, water, climate and social impacts. Here you can find studies that review the land-use dynamics in these biomes, DCF soy and cattle proven business cases and production models, industry analysis, and the role of finance.
Cattle ranching is associated with deforestation in the Amazon region – a large part of the deforested areas have been converted to pasture. This pattern of extensive cattle ranching in the Amazon...
The CEBDS Guide on Carbon Market presents the main concepts related to this important agenda of sustainable development.
Biodiversity—the sheer number and variety of plant and animal species on the planet—is essential for the health of our planet. It is essentially nature, by another name.
In diversity there is...
Starting from the basic level of legal compliance, it goes beyond it and considers key environmental performance variables, in order to build an efficient and adequate methodology for managing risk...
Using a systems practice methodology, the Good Growth Partnership partners in Brazil created a map of the Cerrado soy system to uncover underlying patterns, identify ways leverage points to change...
This White Paper looks at why financial institutions globally are not taking sufficient action or are finding it more difficult to do so than envisaged, and recommends ways forward for the various...
The State of Finance of Nature tracks global trends in public and private investment in nature-based solutions, aiming to improve data quality and identify opportunities for governments, businesses...
Deforestation is a very material risk for investors. It drives reputational risks related to consumers and environmental organisations as well as legal risks as new legislation for climate-related...
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...
The System Map depicts the underlying systems structures that influence land-use in the Paraguayan Chaco. The variables are coloured according to six ‘sectoral’ categories: Commodity markets, Land...
