Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments (ZDC)

Apr 27, 2016

I am interested in the impacts and potentials of companies zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments (ZDC) for ecosystem conservation and rural livelihoods. This work is embedded within the larger ZDC research done in collaboration with ETH Zurich @ zerodeforestationimpacts. I focus on ZDCs in the Brazilian soybean sector. My main interest is to understand the effectiveness of these commitments for reducing deforestation for commodity expansion. We evaluate ZDCs spatial coverage, adoption patterns and their combined effect on reducing commodity driven deforestation In the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado. To do so, we use spatial and econometric analysis and synthesizes data on commitments, production, trade, land use and land use change.

ZDC

Florian Gollnow

Data Scientist

Publications

What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot.

Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding …

Christian Levers, Maria Piquer-Rodriguez, Florian Gollnow, Matthias Baumann, Micaela Camino, Néstor Ignacio Gasparri, Gregorio Ignacio Gavier-Pizarro, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Daniel Müller, Javier Nori, Florian Pötzschner, Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Tobias Kuemmerle

Gaps in adoption and implementation limit the current and potential effectiveness of zero-deforestation supply chain policies for soy

Tropical deforestation continues despite global efforts to curb forest loss. Corporate zero-deforestation supply chain commitments …

Florian Gollnow, Federico Cammelli, Kimberly Carlson, Rachael Garrett

Leakage does not fully offset soy supply chain efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil

Zero-deforestation supply chain policies that leverage the market power of commodity buyers to change agricultural producer behavior …

Nelson Villoria, Rachael Garrett, Florian Gollnow, Kimberly Carlson

Should payments for environmental services be used to implement zero deforestation supply chain policies? The case of soy in the Brazilian Cerrado

Over the past decade public and private actors have been developing a variety of new policy approaches for addressing …

Rachael Garrett, Janina Grabs, Frederico Cammelli, Florian Gollnow, Samuel Levi

Have food supply chain policies improved forest conservation and rural livelihoods? A systematic review

To address concerns about the negative impacts of food supply chains in forest regions, a growing number of companies have adopted …

Rachael Garrett, Samuel Levi, Florian Gollnow, Leonie Hodel, Ximena Rueda