Policy options to regulate timber and agricultural supply-chains for legality and sustainability: The case of the EU and Brazil

Sotirov, Metodi; Azevedo-Ramos, Cláudia; Rattis, Ludmila; Berning, Laila

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102818

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“…In response to the lacking capacity and political will for environmental monitoring enforcement [42,45,47], civil society initiatives (i.e., SIMEX Network [14], Imaflora's Timberflow [36]), as well as private sector solutions (i.e., BVRio [48]), are currently trying to fill information gaps and support due diligence in the Brazilian timber supply chain. Nonetheless, the lack of transparency, quality and completeness of information made available by SISNAMA institutions makes this a daunting task [14].…”

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Putting numbers on timber illegality risk: the case of ipê in Pará

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Persson

Carvalho³

et al. 2022

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Illegal logging remains widespread across the tropics, causing extensive forest degradation and trade in illegal timber products. By adapting environmentally extended input-output modeling to timber originating from Brazilian native forests, we demonstrate how distinct illegality risks can be mapped and quantified at species-level, across the supply-chain. We focus on high-value ipê from the Amazon state of Pará, a leading producer of timber and contested forest frontier. Data on logging permits and state- and national-level Document of Forest Origin are used to estimate illegality risks due to missing or invalid logging permits, overstated ipê yields, and discrepancies resulting from missing inflows of legal timber. We find that less than one fourth of all ipê volume entering supply-chains between 2009-2019 is risk-free and highlight diversified strategies for laundering of illegal timber are across geographies, information that can be leveraged to improve implementation and enforcement of existing forest regulations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting numbers on timber illegality risk: the case of ipê in Pará

França

Persson

Carvalho³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…The snowball sampling method, a variant of the purposive sampling method, is the foundation of the research sampling method. The use of purposive sampling can be used for several reasons: (1) limited data collection in the population, (2) there is no sample frame available, (3) you have to meet face to face with the respondent, (4) you don't just have to fill out a questionnaire (plus an interview) , and (5) difficulty identifying respondents according to the object under study (Saunders et al, 2016). Procedures used for data collection: (1) make contact with one or two respondents in the population.…”

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Analysis of the Tobacco Farmers' Distribution Pattern: Study Case in Bulu District, Temanggung

Waridin,

Al-hafidz,

Suciati

2023

J. AGRISEP: Kaj. Mas. Sos. Ek. Pert. n. Agr.

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Temanggung Regency is one of the areas that distributes the largest tobacco products in Central Java Province. The strategic location on the slopes of a mountain makes tobacco plants suitable to be used as a source of agriculture in the region. The large number of agricultural lands spread across Temanggung Regency provides abundant agricultural products. But in reality, the development of this tobacco farmer business has experienced many problems, such as unstable selling prices, decreased farmer productivity, and changing harvest times. This research study aims to analyze the factors that influence the income of tobacco farmers in Temanggung Regency. This study uses primary data through direct observation and direct interviews with tobacco farmers using questionnaires and secondary data as research support. The results of this study indicate that the marketing of tobacco produced by farmers has several channels such as warehouses, brokers, factories, tengquats, and small traders. Suggestions for further research by adding marketing margin analysis and added value analysis to enrich the research discussion.

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“…The global economic imbalance is another critical issue in the cocoa supply chain. Emerging markets are often global commodities suppliers of international retail chains and are vulnerable to negative socio-economic externalities (Sotirov et al , 2022). Traders, farms, manufacturers and wholesalers are members of a path dependence that varies by the rigour of their sustainability regulatory system and supply chain compliance in this aspect.…”

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Rethinking sustainability in cocoa supply chain in light of SDG disclosure

Martins,

Batalhão,

Ahokas

et al. 2023

SAMPJ

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Purpose This paper aims to assess how cocoa supply chain companies disclose sustainable development goals (SDGs) information in their sustainability reports. This assessment highlights strategic aspects of sustainable supply chain management and reveals leveraging sustainability points in the cocoa industry. Design/methodology/approach The two-step qualitative approach relies on text-mining company reports and subsequent content analysis that identifies the topics disclosed and relates them to SDG targets. Findings This study distinguishes 18 SDG targets connected to cocoa traders and 30 SDG targets to chocolate manufacturers. The following topics represent the main nexuses of connections: decent labour promotion and gender equity (social), empowering local communities and supply chain monitoring (economic) and agroforestry and climate action (environmental). Practical implications By highlighting the interconnections between the SDGs targeted by companies in the cocoa supply chain, this paper sheds light on the strategic SDGs for this industry and their relationships, which can help to improve sustainability disclosure and transparency. One interesting input for companies is the improvement of climate crisis prevention, focusing on non-renewable sources minimisation, carbon footprint and clear indicators of ecologic materiality. Social implications This study contributes to policymakers to enhance governance and accountability of global supply chains that are submitted to different regulation regimes. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no previous study has framed the cocoa industry from a broader SDG perspective. The interconnections identified reveal the key goals of the cocoa supply chain and point to strategic sustainability choices for companies in an important global industry.

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Policy options to regulate timber and agricultural supply-chains for legality and sustainability: The case of the EU and Brazil

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Putting numbers on timber illegality risk: the case of ipê in Pará

Putting numbers on timber illegality risk: the case of ipê in Pará

Analysis of the Tobacco Farmers' Distribution Pattern: Study Case in Bulu District, Temanggung

Rethinking sustainability in cocoa supply chain in light of SDG disclosure

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