Lush and its subsidiary Alumalum, an agricultural development organisation engaged in reforestation and tree planting initiatives, have been successfully operating an agroforestry-based Partner Farmer Programme in Northern Uganda. Under this programme, Alumalum provides technical assistance to farmers for implementing agroforestry activities, and purchase the harvest at fair prices. This agroforestry model aims to restore the
Sustainability certification is widely used to promote sustainable practices, improve transparency and gain market access for sustainable products. However, the extensive requirements and paperwork involved can make attaining certification difficult for smallholder farmers. To help address this, Partnerships for Forests collaborated with the Forest Stewardship Council in East Africa to promote group certification uptake by
Terrasos is a Colombian B corporation and has dedicated the last decade to transforming biodiversity conservation into a financially viable and sustainable endeavour. By establishing Habitat Banks, they address the widespread inefficiencies that contribute to a $700 billion annual financing gap of in current conservation efforts, which have also been insufficient to curb biodiversity loss
The Priority Programme of Bioeconomy (PPBio) is an investment mechanism for bioeconomy based on a Brazilian Government fiscal incentive policy, set up in 2018, to boost investments into biodiversity in the Western Amazon. Since its creation, PPBio has been coordinated by the Institute for the Conservation and Development of the Amazon, IDESAM. IDESAM has developed
Açaí holds significant regional and global market potential. However, emerging Colombian açaí businesses encounter standardisation, processing capability, and regulatory compliance hurdles. Partnerships for Forests (P4F) has supported initiatives to strengthen the açaí value chain and improve livelihoods for local communities, and so discouraging deforestation. This case study explores this comprehensive effort to assess açaí’s potential,
Moyee Coffee Ethiopia is the leading coffee roaster and exporter company in Ethiopia, boasting a production capacity of 5.5 million kilograms of roasted coffee per annum. Established in 2014, Moyee has positioned itself as a pioneer in the coffee sector by introducing sustainable and value-adding activities throughout the entire coffee value chain, from crop to
This report draws lessons from P4F Landscape Protection Forum, which is an enabling condition project that helps to stabilise landscapes and allow more investments in forests and sustainable land use to pour in. Collaborative law enforcement in a single landscape is one viable alternative to address the entanglement of law enforcement agencies amidst the high
The video showcases the Bioeconomy Priority Programme (PPBio), a public policy that provides tax incentives for companies established in the Industrial Pole of Manaus in exchange for investing in priority areas. For bioeconomy, PPBio supports academic projects to become businesses that enhance the Amazon.
This report presents how a programme portfolio approach, like the Partnerships for Forests (P4F) programme, can enhance synergies between businesses across regions globally to promote positive impact. This collaborative, impact-driven approach has the potential to be replicated to a range of geographies and business types. This case brought together the synergies of two projects: Terrasos
To measure the achievement of intended impacts, P4F employs a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) methodology. This methodology includes a set of goals of indicators that must be verified by both local and global teams. The results are subsequently validated by an independent external consultancy to ensure their veracity. The programme’s MEL approach utilises both
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second largest country in Africa, and one of the richest in the world in natural resources. With about 80 million hectares of arable land and 1100 minerals and precious metals, the DRC has the resources to achieve prosperity for its people. The Equateur province in north-western
Within the P4F framework, the Baru nut registration project represents a significant demand-side measure. The project focused on registering the Baru nut in the UK and EU, while disseminating knowledge to a broader ecosystem of non-timber forest product (NTFP) initiatives. To achieve this, P4F engaged legal, markets and equity consultants Hogan Lovells and Exponent, with
