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Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains

Deforestation-Free Cocoa: With an image box to a sustainable future!

Cameroonian cocoa guarantees a living for thousands of producers and their families. From now on, Cameroonian cocoa must be deforestation-free, traceable, and legal to enter the European market. Our image-based learning tool explains the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and its impact on cocoa farming in a simple and visual way.

Discover how to produce legal cocoa while protecting forests. Sustainable cocoa means a secure future!

Publication date:
01/01/2025
Author:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and European Forest Institute (EFI)
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Region:

(Lower) Kafue Catchment Ecosystem

Target group:

Farmers and community forest management groups

Key activities:
  • Support community forest management groups in the
    sustainable management of natural resources and livelihood creation
  • Support farmers to produce soy in line with the EUDR and increase productivity, and implement transparency and traceability pilots
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Wood.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Soy.svg
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Region:

Lampung, West Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi

Target group:

Smallholder farmers, private sector, and civil society organizations along the value chains

Key activities:
  • Empowering Smallholder Farmers and Farmer Organizations by facilitating traceability and legality, building capacity on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), and strengthening farmer organizations, ensuring inclusive support for both men and women farmers.
  • Promoting sustainable practices and collaboration by supporting village HCV/HCS conservation efforts, testing and strengthening the National Dashboard for traceability and legality, and fostering national and regional exchanges.
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Cocoa.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_PalmOil.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_NaturalRubber.svg
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Region:

Son La, Gia Lai ​​

Target group:

Smallholder farmers and marginalized groups

Key activities:
  • Support coffee value chain actors
  • Foster deforestation-free, sustainable, and legal supply chains
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Coffee
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Region:

Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Salonga National Park North, Salonga National Park South, Virunga National Park, Kahuzi-Biéga National Park​

Target group:

Public and private sector

Key activities:
  • Promote sustainable agricultural practices
  • Minimize forest degradation
  • Prevent deforestation
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_NaturalRubber
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Cocoa.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Coffee
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Region:

Provinces of Orellana and Sucumbíos

Target group:

Smallholder farmers, women, indigenous people and youth

Key activities:
  • Promoting Multi Stakeholder Dialogues
  • Improving traceabilty systems
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Cocoa.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Coffee.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_PalmOil.svg
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Region:

Xingu territory, State of Pará

Target group:

Family farmers

Key activities:
  • Improve market access; value creation and access to finance
  • Integrate farmers into tracability systems
Commodities:
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Beef.svg
SAFE_commodities_graphics_Green_Cocoa.svg
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