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Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains.
Article in Science advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Applying landscape and jurisdictional approaches for nature positive outcomes in beef-producing landscapes.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2026Article
- Zero-deforestation commitments in Indonesia's palm oil sector achieve high compliance but no additionality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Multi-dimensional evidence reveals genetic, demographic and ecological vulnerability in endangered Ormosia microphylla.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Implementing cage-free egg commitments in China: An explorative qualitative interview study of corporate and certification perspectives on cage-free egg procurement.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- Moving transmission centers of embodied forage-livestock conflicts from non-pastoral provinces to pastoral provinces in China.Fundamental research · 2025Article
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- Explaining the stickiness of supply chain relations in the Brazilian soybean trade.Global environmental change : human and policy dimensions · 2023Article
- Sustainable swine feeding programs require the convergence of multiple dimensions of circular agriculture and food systems with One Health.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2022Article
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Abstract
The trade in agricultural commodities is a backbone of the global economy but is a major cause of negative social and environmental impacts, not least deforestation. Commodity traders are key actors in efforts to eliminate deforestation-they are active in the regions where commodities are produced and represent a "pinch point" in global trade that provides a powerful lever for change. However, the procurement strategies of traders remain opaque. Here, we catalog traders' sourcing across four sectors with high rates of commodity-driven deforestation: South American soy, cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesian palm oil, and Brazilian live cattle exports. We show that traders often source more than 40% of commodities "indirectly" via local intermediaries and that indirect sourcing is a major blind spot for sustainable sourcing initiatives. To eliminate deforestation, indirect sourcing must be included in sectoral initiatives, and landscape or jurisdictional approaches, which internalize indirect sourcing, must be scaled up.
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