Creating leverage to enhance biodiversity outcomes of global biomass trade

How does international trade in agricultural and forest products affect biodiversity? CLEVER investigates this question, particularly for animal feed, energy crops, tropical timber and aquacultures

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Coordination, partnerships, and synthesis

WP1

Coordination, partnerships, and synthesis

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Quantifying biodiversity impacts and conceptualizing biomass trade linkages

WP2

Quantifying biodiversity impacts and conceptualizing biomass trade linkages

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Causal effects and leakage in trade-biodiversity linkages

WP3

Causal effects and leakage in trade-biodiversity linkages

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Theories of change and policy analysis for public and private value chain interventions

WP4

Theories of change and policy analysis for public and private value chain interventions

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Actor behavior and leverage points along international value chains

WP5

Actor behavior and leverage points along international value chains

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Representing ecological footprints and policy-trade-biodiversity linkages in global modelling

WP6

Representing ecological footprints and policy-trade-biodiversity linkages in global modelling

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Scenario-based assessment of policy impacts and SDG interrelationships

WP7

Scenario-based assessment of policy impacts and SDG interrelationships

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Solution co-design and communication for transformational change

WP8

Solution co-design and communication for transformational change

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News & events

Logs stored at a sawmill in Cameroon.

New EU commodity trade rules and related challenges for the timber sector – Views from Cameroon 

Imagine you were a vendor selling products on the market. One day, some of your known, old buyers would start demanding assurances that your products fulfil certain requirements; or else, they can no longer buy from you. How would you react? Would you seek to fulfil the new, additional requirements or simply sell your products …

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Toward compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation: Criteria, Tools, and Open Questions

The past decades have seen a global increase in the production and trade in agricultural and forest-based commodities linked to deforestation and other socio-environmental risks. Different forms of governance have emerged to attempt regulation of these commodity supply chains to halt deforestation and ensure sustainable land-use change. In June 2023, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) …

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