In response to global demand for sustainable production of goods, hundreds of companies have promised to stop producing, buying, and selling agricultural commodities grown on recently deforested land. But the current method available to support managers’ efforts to do this is inadequate for several reasons: it is complex, expensive, and may limit the success of wildlife conservation in associated forests.

OUR APPROACH: Our team of experts in remote sensing, conservation biology, landscape ecology, and supply chain management will collaborate with conservation groups, companies, and smallholder cooperatives to understand the technical and financial barriers they face when seeking to access zero-deforestation supply chains. Based on this collaboration, the team aims to produce a tool (e.g., a map or decision support tool) that can help users overcome the above identified barriers while maintaining forest connection and corridors.