From: ifsaworld@yahoogroups.com
The Global
Canopy Programme is pleased to announce the release of The Little Book of
Big Deforestation Drivers.
Over the last
decade the demand for agricultural products for food, feed and fuel and the
production of globally traded forest risk commodities (palm oil, beef, soya,
and timber) have been responsible for driving the majority of tropical
deforestation and forest degradation, which has major impacts on climate
change, the provision of ecosystem services, and the sustainability of long
term economic development.
The Little Book
of Big Deforestation Drivers outlines the global context to the drivers of
deforestation, provides a detailed overview of the most critical forest risk
commodity supply chains, and presents a clear and realistic framework of 24
regulatory, market and supply chain catalysts that can act to reduce
deforestation caused by these commodities.
The book is
available to download in English, Bahasa Indonesia, French and Spanish from the
GCP website at www.globalcanopy.org/
The book makes
use of infographics to illustrate the global production and consumption of key
forest risk commodities and the complexity of global commodity supply chains.
For example:
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| This hypothetical supply chain of a burger illustrates the complexity of global supply chains and the numerous actors and stages involved in the production and trade of a product from the forest to the end consumer. |
