Businesses call for deeper partnership to build a more forest positive future

The document argues that halting deforestation is essential to limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and calls for deeper collaboration between governments, the private sector, and civil society. It highlights that over 40% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion for commodities like soybeans, cattle, palm oil, rubber, and cocoa. The authors advocate for the inclusion of farmers and producers in solutions and cite the Soy Moratorium in Brazil and the Palm Oil Moratorium in Indonesia as successful models where agricultural production increased while deforestation decreased.

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change indicates that maintaining a temperature limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius is impossible without an end to deforestation.
• Agricultural expansion for commodities—specifically soybeans, cattle, palm oil, rubber, and cocoa—is responsible for more than 40% of deforestation worldwide.
• The Soy Moratorium in Brazil and the Palm Oil Moratorium in Indonesia serve as successful examples where deforestation declined while agricultural production increased.
• Effective solutions to deforestation require the active engagement of farmers and producers who are at the base of global supply chains.

APA

Freedman, P., Adams, J., Bakker, P., Topping, N., & Tómasdóttir, H. (2019). Businesses call for deeper partnership to build a more forest positive future. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/what-we-do/for-policymakers/coalition-led-advocacy-interventions-from-business/statement-in-response-to-amazon-fires/

Chicago

Freedman, Peter, Justin Adams, Peter Bakker, Nigel Topping, and Halla Tómasdóttir. Businesses call for deeper partnership to build a more forest positive future. We Mean Business Coalition, 2019. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/what-we-do/for-policymakers/coalition-led-advocacy-interventions-from-business/statement-in-response-to-amazon-fires/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{freedman2019businesses, author = {Freedman, Peter and Adams, Justin and Bakker, Peter and Topping, Nigel and Tómasdóttir, Halla}, title = {{Businesses call for deeper partnership to build a more forest positive future}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2019}, month = aug, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/what-we-do/for-policymakers/coalition-led-advocacy-interventions-from-business/statement-in-response-to-amazon-fires/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }