Transforming China’s Commodity Markets to Reduce Deforestation and Conversion
Organization
WWF NorwayWhy
Over the past two decades, there has been a growing consensus amongst governments, NGOs and private companies that supply chains are at the center of global deforestation and degradation trends, and that this issue has to be addressed at an international level.
Today, China is the world’s largest global importer and manufacturer of a number of commodities, including wood, paper and soy. Due to a low domestic wood supply, around 60% of China’s wood used to make paper comes from imports.
Furthermore, China is also the largest global user of soy, with the imported soy representing over 85% of its total soy use.
China’s trading partners include countries facing high deforestation and conversion risk and are also countries with high conservation priority for WWF. Considering China’s demand for forest related commodities, working with Chinese companies, governments and partners presents an opportunity to leverage its influence and promote production and demand of deforestation and conversion-free commodities.
What
Budget
WWF Norway is awarded 39 200 000 NOK for the funding period October 2018 to December 2020.
The project works synergistically against deforestation and conversion through a wide range of activities including research and monitoring studies, market campaigns and supply chain indicators. The project seeks to improve forest-related governance in China, Brazil and Indonesia, through policy research and dissemination, and a series of bilateral multi-stakeholder dialogues.
Through engaging government actors, financial institutions, companies and consumers to make commitments, the project aims at transforming China’s market towards deforestation and conversion-free supply chains of pulp and paper, soy and meat.
Expected Results
The planned effect on society is that by 2030, China’s commodity markets are transformed so that they do not contribute to deforestation and conversion in South America and Southeast Asia.
The project’s planned outcomes are
- Participants of the China Sustainable Paper Alliance and Chinese Sustainable Meat Declaration develop and implement action plans to transform soy and meat, pulp and paper supply chains towards deforestation and conversion-free products
- Individual Chinese consumers’ demand for deforestation and conversion-free products is increased
- Key financial institutions improve their financing policies to incorporate deforestation and conversion-free requirements
- Chinese government acknowledges Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) commodities in its foreign trade policy
Partners
The Forest Stewardship Council, The Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project)
Geography
Brazil, China, Indonesia
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