Building Global Capacity on Halting Deforestation and Conversions from Agricultural Commodities (BIG-CHANCE)
This project aims to tackle global deforestation by leveraging the transformative role that agricultural supply chains can play as a solution, by building global capacities and strengthening policy coherence between agriculture and forests to promote forest-positive agriculture. BiG-CHANCE will support governments with tools and knowledge to enhance effective policies and actions to decouple agricultural supply chain from deforestation, thereby contributing to achieve climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development goals.
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Policy frameworks and analytical tools
The project uses an innovative and integrated approach in developing analytical frameworks for evaluating and guiding policy measures for halting deforestation.
- Cost benefit analysis for REDD+: Developing the technical tool and guidebook to enhance understanding and analysis of the costs and benefits of policies and measures aimed at halting deforestation and forest degradation.
- Forestry Public Expenditure Review for policy coherence: Supporting countries to optimize public investment opportunities and minimize trade-offs for sustainable land use and halting deforestation. The project is developing an analytical framework to assess policy coherence through public expenditure analysis of forests and agricultural spending, supporting sustainable land use and agrifood systems transformation.
Integrated toolkit for halting deforestation and sustainable agricultural supply chains
FAO has developed the “The Solutions-tree: Halting deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation” an evidence-based analytical framework and online platform to support governments reduce deforestation and promoting agricultural supply chains that have a positive impact on forests. It serves as a gateway to solutions, case studies, and tools linking solutions to indirect drivers of deforestation, supporting strategy development and project design.
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The Solutions-tree: halting deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
2025
The Solutions-tree is an evidence-based toolkit of solutions for halting deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation.