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Cocoa Accountability Map 2.0 Webinar Launch July 29th, 2020

Agenda •  Etelle Higonnet from Mighty Earth

•  Paola Despretz from Vivid Economics

•  Gérome Tokpa from Earthworm

•  Sarah Middlemiss from Ecometrica

•  Daniel Abu from Tropenbos Ghana

•  Niels Wielaard from Satelligence

•  James Acworth Forestry Expert

•  Vitor França Lopes dos Santos from Imaflora

•  Nathalie Walker of NWF

•  Q&A

Mighty Earth Cocoa Accountability Map

Cocoa Accountability Map - Cooperatives

Transparent Supply Chains for Sustainable Economies (Trase.Earth)

Trase – Cocoa from Peru

PreliminaryresultsofCôted’Ivoire’sna6onallanduseandforestlossmonitoringsystem

StateandTrendsofDeforesta6oninCôted’Ivoire

Contents1. Context2. PreliminaryresultsofCôted’Ivoire’sna6onallanduseandforestlossmonitoringsystema) Forestsinruralareasb) ForêtsClassées

a) Nextsteps


IMAGESisaninterac6veonlineplaKormthatoffersavarietyofspa6alandeconomictoolstohelpmonitortheforestcover


Context Drama6cdeforesta6onratesinIvoryCoast,mainlyduetosmallholdercocoafarming

Objec,ve Buildaforestmonitoringsystemtoenableatransparentandrapidresponseagainstdeforesta6on

Ac,onsThankstoUKSpaceAgencyco-financing,developatoolthatallowstodetectforestcoverlossandpredictareasatriskinthefutureinpartnershipwiththeIvorianMinistryofPlanningandDevelopment

Results

The(pilot)IMAGESsystemisnowinuseinSouthWestofCȏted’IvoirebyOIPRandMINEFandisbeingmaintainedbytheMinistryofPlanningandDevelopment.Interac6veonlineplaKormallowinguserstovisualiseandanalyselandusedatasuchas:•  Landuseinventory•  ForestdisturbanceEarlyWarningSystem•  Deforesta6onRiskIndexItera6veandconsulta6veprocesswithfullhandovertokeystakeholdersinCôted’Ivoire


Usersnowhaveaccesstothena6onallanduseinventorywhichdifferen6atesthelandinto10+categories

UsersnowhaveaccesstoIMAGES’fortnightlyalertsonforestloss,someofwhichdatebackto2016


Between2019and2020,Côted’Ivoirelost2%,morethan68,000hectares,ofitsprimaryforest


•  Landuseinventory(2019)records3.05millionshectaresofprimaryforest

•  Primaryforestaccountsfor9%oftheterritory,against15%in1986

•  Between2019and2020,Côted’Ivoirehaslostmorethan68,000hectaresofprimaryforest•  76%oftheselossestookplaceinrural

areas•  21%oftheselossestookplaceinForêts

Classées(protectedareas)•  3%oftheselossestookplaceinNa6onal

ParksandReserves(protectedareas)•  Approximately68%oftheannualforestloss

tookplaceinJanuaryandFebruary2020.Deforesta6onratesincertainareasexceed1%

Areaoffocus Arearequiringincreasedfocus

Morethanhalfofruralforestlosses,24,000hectares,tookplaceintheCentre-Eastofthecountry


•  Between2019and2020,over51,000hectaresofprimaryforesthavebeenclearedinruralareas,accoun6ngfor75%ofthedeforesta6oninCôted’Ivoire

•  Almost50%ofthedeforesta6oninruralareas,24,000hectares,tookplaceinthefourcentre-eastregionsofIffou,Gontougo,N’ziandBélier•  Theseregionsaccountfor40%ofremainingruralforests

•  Forestlossappearstotakeplaceinareaswhereforestisveryfragmentedorclosetoareasalreadydeforested

IMAGESdatashowsthatBloléquin’sremainingforesthasbeenhalvedsince2016,withdeforesta6onbeinglargelyajributedtococoa

farming


BloléquinBloléquin

2016 2019

46,000hectares 24,000hectares

WhileFCGoinDebéhaslostmorethan40%ofitssurface,10,000hectares,since2016,FCCavallysuccessfullyrecordedstabledeforesta6onratesforthesecondyearinarow


2016 2019

LaForêtClasséeduCavallyaperduplusde31%ducouvertfores6erquiluiavaitété

ajribuéini6alement

Despitedeforesta6onbeingslower,FCCavallyhaslostmorethan31%oftheforestcoveritwas

ini6allyassigned

Nextsteps•  Groundtruthingofalertstoassess:

•  Accuracyofalerts•  Prac6calusesofplaKorm

•  Capacitybuildingandknowledgetransfer•  OfficialhandovertotheIvorianGovernment


Cavally Landscape: A Thriving Ecosystem and Resilient Smallholders to

address deforestation

July 29th, 2020

1960 : 16 million Ha

2000 : 7.8 million Ha

2015 : 3.5 million Ha Between 1960 and 2015: 272,272 Ha lost per year

Context: the state of forests in Ivory Coast

Context: Deforestation drivers in Ivory Coast

•  Population of Ivory Coast in 2019: 25 Mio •  Projected population in 2030: 50 Mio •  26-30% of population are immigrants from neighbouring countries

Increased pressure on forest areas

Source(h*ps://unredd.net/announcements-and-news/2546-cote-d-ivoire-cartographie-et-iden>fica>on-des-moteurs-de-la-deforesta>on-et-de-la-degrada>on-des-forets.html)

Challenges for the Ivorian Gov: Cocoa related deforestation – Under the forest canopy

Forest degradation is taking place under the forest canopy, and is thus difficult to detect by traditional monitoring technologies

Introduc6on10

Trial: Satellite monitoring – Cavally Forest •  November 2017 – SODEFOR and Starling launch a pilot project for monitoring cocoa linked deforestation in the

Cavally Forest •  SODEFOR needed a technology which would allow them to see disturbances under the forest canopy •  January 2018 – Cavally Forest base map is published

State of the forest in January 2018

Cavally Forest base map – January 2018

Starling monitoring and the associated SODEFOR patrols resulted a 83% reduction of deforestation when comparing Q2 2018 (607 Ha of forest loss) to Q2 2019 (102 Ha of forest loss). Maintaining this remains a challenge and deforestation rates have increased again at the end 2019.

Impact of monitoring over the Cavally Forest

FC Cavally protection and conservation: our approach for impacts

•  Stakeholder engagement• Holistic diagnostic to create

baseline•  Participatory mapping•  Co-designing solutions with

identified stakeholders

Step 1. Understand & Engage

•  Partnerships •  Innovation on incentives•  Boots on the ground•  Leveraging supply chains

Step 2. Protect and restore the Cavally

Forest Reserve whilst enhancing the resilience

of local communities • Communication • Monitoring •  Impact measurement

Step 3. Inspire via measured impacts and

storytelling

•  End to deforestation within the forest reserve, maintaining forest cover and carbon stock

•  Supported transition pathways for farmers currently producing in the reserve

• Degraded forests restored in active collaboration with local people, increasing carbon stock and biodiversity

• Resilient farmers promoting regenerative agriculture around the Cavally Forest Reserve

•  Scale up

Outcomes

Cavally Region REGIONAL AUTHORITIES MINEF/SODEFOR ANADER AGRO-INDUSTRIALS (Rubber, Timber, Cocoa CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS INT’L ORGANIZATIONS (IDH, WCF, ICRAF) CONSERVATION AGENCIES (WCF) FARMER COOPS/ASSOCIATIONS

Cavally Forest Reserve and buffer

Project governance to generate impacts

Project implementers Earthworm, SODEFOR, and other partners to be confirmed CSRS, ANADER, ICRAF, etc.

Make use of the existing Platform led by IDH

A Cavally FC steering committee (comité de pilotage) is established to oversee the activities and the direction of the project. Nestle (EF) and MINEF will make up this steering committee.

Project stakeholders -Local communities, -Farmers inside and outside the forest (including migrant farmers) -Cocoa supply chain: cooperatives, traders -Industry group (IDH, WCF, etc.) -local and intl civil society (NOFNA, Fern, MIGHTY, etc.) -Potential new funders of project Work groups with project stakeholders to be created as needed (e.g. replanting, verification, etc.)

A Cavally FC technical committee (comité technique) will advise the project coordinator (EF). The committee is made up of: MINEF, Nestle, SODEFOR, Direction du reboisment et du cadastre forestier, Conseil Regional de Cavally, Earthworm, and STBC.

Thank You

GeromeTokpaSeniorManager–[email protected]

[email protected]

Forests 2020 Cocoa Monitoring in Ghana Sarah Middlemiss - Space Programme Manager [email protected]

Forests 2020: Background

●  Partnering with local institutions: combination of government, private sector and NGO partners in each country

●  Focus on long term solutions and sustainability

●  Investment matched by local institutions - not starting from scratch but making improvements to existing systems

Project supported by UK Space Agency to improve forest monitoring systems in 7 countries

Ghana Focus

Key Challenges: -  Distinguishing between mono cocoa, cocoa agroforestry and natural forest -  Policy context: CFI. Joint commitment to end deforestation as a result of cocoa

expansion: monitoring a key component Innovation:

-  New processing techniques to produce cloud free mosaics of satellite data -  Using Landsat and Sentinel 2, plus extensive field campaigns for validation -  Digital infrastructure to support curation and dissemination of national datasets

Capacity building is key!

-  Local ownership of tools, methods and data products

Partners: RMSC, KNUST

Reports can be generated quickly for large numbers of farms (RMSC cocoa segregation map )

Generate reports for any farm or area of interest

hjps://cfi.knust.ourecosystem.com

Cocoa farms are cross-referenced with maps and spatial information from RMSC to provide reports for CFI compliance and other important metrics to companies. Queries include:

Forestry Commission Maps + Ecometrica Platform

●  Annual Forest Cover Change

●  Area within / outside admitted farm area

●  Proximity to protected forest

●  % Forest cover

●  Historic Forest loss (Hansen)

Strengtheningthecapacityofnon-stateactorstoimproveFLEGT-VPAandREDD+processesinWesternAfrica

Ghana

Descrip6onandanalysesofunderlyingdriversofcocoaencroachmentinselectedforestreservesinGhana

SCOPE OF STUDY

•  Studyareas•  KrokosuaHills,SuiRiverandTanoOffinForestReserves

•  admijedfarmsandhighincidenceofillegalfarmingac6vi6es.

•  formpartofthesixHIAsiden6fiedunderGCFRP.

•  Sevenfringedcommuni6es•  Agyemandiem,Besibema,Essakrom,Kojina,Kyekyewere,Wansampobreampa,Yawkrom

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Extension of admi8ed farms in Krokosua Hills,

Sui River and Tano Offin Forest Reserves

• Annualrateofdeforesta6onisincreasingatanalarmingrateinthethreeFRs.

• Admijedfarmsandvillageshaveextendedinsizebyanaverageof15,000%fromthe6meofreserva6onto2019.

•  TwoadmijedfarmshaveturnedintoacommunityinSuiRiverForestReserve.

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Extension of admi8ed villages

Wasanpobremba,arapidlydevelopingcommunitydevelopedfromadmijedfarms50and51inSuiRiverForestReserve

SchoolbuildingandfootballfiledlocatedwithinaGSBAatAgyemandiem,anadmijedcommunityintheKrokosuaHillsForestReserve

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Detected deforestaEon in the three FRs for the periods 2000,

2010 and 2019 (Najoui et al., 2019)

• KrokosuaHills SuiRiver TanoOffin36

Detected deforestaEon in the Krokosua Hills, Sui River and

Tano Offin Forest Reserves

•  Deforesta6oninthethreeFRsincreasedby700%(4,223.66hato33,858.50ha)fromtheperiods2001-2010and2011-2019

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Expansion of admi8ed farms and communiEes

ForestReserve Areaofadmi:edfarmat,meofforestreserva,on

Detectedextensionofadmi:edfarms(ha)2001-2010 2011-2019 %increase

KrokosuaHills 88.48 0.82 351.59 42,776.8SuiRiver 844.17 19.24 314.05 1,532.3TanoOffin 627.88 21.39 207.19 868.6Total 1560.53 41.45 872.83

•  Detecteddeforesta6onintheKrokosuaHills,SuiRiverandTanoOffinFRsonaverageillegallyincreasedby15,000%

•  Theextensionincreasedlargelyduringthe2011-2019periodandishighestintheKrokosuaHillsFR

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•  Table2:Detecteddeforesta6oninthethreeFRs

Policy RecommendaEon

•  The government of Ghana must openly recognise the extent of degradation of its forest reserves, assess their status and redefine management objectives and management regimes for the different categories of reserves.

•  COCOBOD and LBCs must source from only certified farms and insist on traceability protocols on sourcing

•  Chiefs, politicians and other elites should be encouraged to lead the fight against cocoa encroachment in forest reserves. CSOs should lead the campaign to name and shame recalcitrant ones.

•  The private sector signatories to the Joint Framework for Action should finance forest restoration programmes in cocoa encroached forests.

•  The Forestry Commission should be equipped to enforce forest laws banning farming in forest reserves. The Commission should be provided with personnel and equipment to enable it undertake real time monitoring, patrol and enforcement of forest laws. CFI could provide financial assistance in this regard.

•  The government of Ghana must be bold in implementing the core actions in the national resettlement plan for admitted farms and settlement and take steps to mitigate social risks to minimize potential adverse social and economic consequences on farmers.

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Deforestation Ghana 201807 - 202007

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Cameroon Grand Mbam

conclusions Ghana: Recent strong increase in large scale clearing

forest reserves Ghana: Don't forget focus on trees outside of forest

reserves Cameroon: Great opportunity for maintaining high

forest cover with agroforestry cocoa Cameroon: Deforestation more concentrated,

targeted mitigation approach possible Let's cooperate on: - Harmonisation, find common trends and risk areas

across multiple systems - Joint verification on the ground

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Cocoa – a major driver of

DegradaEon in Cameroon Implica6onsforcarbonemissionsandpoten6almanagementresponses

JamesAcworthIndependentMonitoring,Land-useandForestryExpertinCameroon

Na#onal plan to double cocoa produc#on

•  Ana6onalstrategytodoublecocoaproduc,ontoachieve600,000Tonnesperannumby2020wassetintheOfficeofthePrimeMinister’sSeptember2014PlantoRelaunchtheCocoaandCoffeeSector.

•  Thistargetisreiteratedinthe2015agriculturalsectoralstrategy.•  Inthe2017-18season,Cameroonproduced228,000Tonnesofcocoa:

•  50.4%camefromtheCentreRegion;•  31.5%fromtheSouthWest,•  7%fromLijoral,•  5%fromtheEast,and•  5%fromtheSouthRegion.

•  Na6onalproduc6onreached264,253tonnesin2018/19season(ONCC,2019).•  The2020deadlinefordoublingproduc6onhasbeenextendedasna6onalproduc6oniss6llatlessthanhalfthetarget.

Figure 1 : Tree Cover Loss for Cameroon, by Region (2001-2018).

• Deforesta6onhasbeenaccelera6ngslightlyfrom2001-2012.

• Hugejumpin2013/14,probablyduetointroduc6onofmoresensi6veLandSat8data.

• Post2013,deforesta6onishigh,butnoobvioustrend

• GFWdatanotconsistentpre/post2013sohardtointerpretlongtermtrends

Source:GFW/Hansenetal.(2013).hjp://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forestDeforesta6ondataanalysedusingvectorfilesofregionalboundariesprovidedbyIns6tutNa6onaldeCartographieviaUNOCHA(2020).

Forest DegradaEon – a more important source of total emissions than

people realise

Source:Pearson,T.R.H.,Brown,S.,Murray,L.etal.Greenhousegasemissionsfromtropicalforestdegrada6on:anunderes6matedsource.CarbonBalanceManage12,3(2017).hjps://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-017-0072-2

Cameroon–about34%oftotalforestemissionscomefromdegrada6onasdis6nctfromdeforesta6on

•  Figure2:Propor>onoftotalforestemissionsderivedfromforestdegrada>onfor74countries

EsEmates prepared for MINEPDED (2017) indicate that

degradaEon of forests may in fact account for half of total

emissions, with cacao being the primary driver of degradaEon.

Figure3:Historicalandprojectedemissionsfromdeforesta>onandforestdegrada>on

Source: Cameroon National REDD+ strategy citing MINEPDED (2017).

NB.es6matesoftheimpactofsmallscaleshitingagricultureonforestdegrada6onarenotincluded.

High risk of increasing degradaEon driven by

cocoa expansion •  Doublingcocoaproduc6onusingprevailingfarmingsystems(BusinessAsUsualBAUscenariowithyieldsof±300kg/ha),islikelytosubstan6allyincreaseforestdegrada6onofanaddi,onalareaofmorethan1millionhectares,resul6nginaddi6onalemissionsofanes,mated117millionTonnesofCarbon,or430millionTonnesCO2equivalent(author’sroughes>mates).

•  Fullsuncocoa(i.e.atertotaldeforesta6on)isasyetveryuncommoninCameroon,duetoplen6fulnon-permanentforestlandandfarmers’interesttosecuretenureonasmuchforestedlandaspossible–withlowintensityagriculture(landbankforfuturegenera6ons).

•  Shademanagementinoldover-maturecocoaagroforestsisoneofthekeystrategiestoincreaseyieldsperhectareinongoingini6a6vesMinistryofAgriculture+public/privatepartners.

•  Oldtoveryoldcocoaagroforestshavecarbonstocksofbetween145and197TCha-1(Silatsaetal.(2017).•  Inmostcases,improvingcocoayieldsperhectare(intensifica6on)inoldcocoaagroforestsrequiresthinningtheforestcanopy,andunderstoreytoreduceshadeandcompe66on,therebysubstan6allyreducingforestcarbonstocksincocoafarmstoamuchlowerlevelof70TCha-1–i.e.degrada,onandmassiveincreasingemissions.

•  Intensifyingcocoaproduc6ononthelargenumberofexis6nglow-yieldcocoafarmsusinggoodagroforestryprac6sesmayhelptoreducetheareaofforestimpactedbutinmostcaseswillincreasedegrada6onintheforestedareaswherecocoaisgrown.

•  Emissionsmayreduceslightlycomparedtothebusinessasusualscenario,butwills6llincrease.

High producEvity Cocoa

agroforests in Mbangassina,

Cameroon

•  Intensivecocoaproduc6ontypicallyinvolvessubstan6alreduc6onofcanopyandalmostcompleteremovaloftheunderstorey

àsubstan6allossofbiodiversityandcarbonstocks

OpEmising Cocoa yields – higher yields are achieved with much

lower canopy density and C stocks

Figure:Rela>onshipbetweencocoayieldsandabovegroundcarbonstocksinthelargetrees(>30cmDBH)of26cocoaagroforests(cabrucas)insouthernBahia,Brazil.

The“sweetspot”,wherecarbonstocksinthecocoaagroforestares>llbetween70-150Tonnesperhectarebutcocoayieldsareinexcessof1,000kgperhectare.However,toreachthesehigheryieldsmays>llrequiresignificantdegrada>onofoldercocoaagroforestswithhighcarbonstocksintheforestoverstorey.

Source:Saj&Jagoret,(2017)

Figure:CocoaYieldsunderdifferentlevelsoftreedensityinBokito,Cameroon

Source:Schrothetal(2016).

Commitments taken to reduce deforestaEon

and degradaEon

•  2015ParisClimateAccord(UNFCCC):•  Paragraph1:Par>esshouldtakeac6ontoconserveandenhance,asappropriate,sinksandreservoirsofgreenhousegases…includingforests.

•  Paragraph2:Par>esareencouragedtotakeac>ontoimplementandsupport,includingthroughresults-basedpaymentsfor….:policyapproachesandposi6veincen6vesforac6vi6esrela6ngtoreducingemissionsfromdeforesta6onandforestdegrada6on,…..

•  2017:Themajorcocoatradingcompaniessignedacollec6veStatementofIntent(WCF2017)globallyviatheCocoa&ForestsIni6a6ve,commiwngthemtoworkingtogether,precompe66vely,toenddeforesta6onandforestdegrada6oninthecocoasupplychain,withanini6alfocusonthetoptwococoaproducingna6ons-GhanaandCôted’Ivoire.

•  Sincesigningthestatementofintent,themajorcocoatradingcompaniessuchasCargill(2018a,2018b),Olam(2019)andBarryCallebaut(2019)haveeachpublishedtheirownindividualstatementscommiwngthemselvestoac6onsintendedtoreducecarbonemissions,buthaveavoidedmakinganyspecificcommitmentstoreducedegrada6on,asdis6nctfromdeforesta6on,asamajorsourceofemissionsfromtheirsupplychains.

•  Theavoidanceofreferringtodegrada6onriskscrea6ngamajorloopholethatwillallowcocoa-drivencarbonemissions,especiallyfromdegrada6ontoincreaseinCameroon,andindeedothercountries.

NaEonal commitments to reduce

deforestaEon and degradaEon

•  Cameroon’s(2015)INDCalsohighlightstheneed“toensureconsistencybetweenruraldevelopmentandagriculturalplanningwhilelimi6ngdeforesta6on/degrada,on,andtodecoupleagriculturalproduc6onfromdeforesta6onanddegrada,onthroughtheintensifica6onofenvironmentallysustainableagriculturalprac6cesandagroforestry,notablybysecuringland[tenure]”.

•  Cameroon’sRoadmaptoDeforesta,on-FreeCocoaandJointFrameworkforAc,onsetsout9commitmentsforitssignatories.

1.  respectexis6nglawsthatpreventcocoasectorac6vi6esthatcontributedtoanyformofdeforesta6onordegrada,oninthepermanentforestdomain

2.   restorepermanentforeststhathavebeendegraded;3.  promotetheconserva6onandsustainablemanagementofforestsofthenon-

permanentforestdomainandsustainableproduc>onofcocoainnon-forestareas(degradedforestandanthropogenicsavannah)…

MostcocoainCameroonisproducedinthenon-permanentforestdomainandisthusnotillegal.However,theRoadmapdoesnotdefinedegrada,on,ordegradedforests,anddoesnotextendacommitmenttoavoiddegrada6oninthenon-permanentforestdomain(NPDF).

Cameroon Roadmap: Ac#ons for the protec#on and restora#on of forests

Sec6on5:Thesignatorieswillworktogetherto:A.  Prohibitandpreventtheconversionofthepermanentforestdomainforcocoaproduc6onasfromthedateof

signatureofthisFrameworkforAc6onandworktorestoreforestsinthepermanentforestestatethathavebeendegradedbycocoafarming.

B.  ProhibitandpreventtheconversionofHighConserva6onValue(HCV)andHighCarbonStock(HCS)forestsforcocoaproduc6onassoonasthecorrespondingmapsareavailable,bythe31stofDecember2021.

C.  Graduallyendtheproduc6onandmarke6ngofcocoafromthepermanentforestdomainforatotalelimina6onofsupplyfromtheseforestsbytheendof2025.

D.  Phaseouttheproduc6onandpurchaseofcocoafromHCVandHCSforestsbyend2025.E.  Inthenon-permanentforestdomain,promotesustainablecocoaproduc6onthatismoreenvironmentally

friendlyandfavoursthemaintenanceoftheforestcoverinordertopreventfurtherexpansionofcocoaproduc6onattheexpenseofforests.Thesewillinclude:a)  Encouragetherehabilita,on,densifica,on,intensifica,onanddiversifica,onofexis6ngcocoafarmsoutsideofHCVand

HCSforests,aswellasthecrea6onofcocoafarmsinfallows;b)  Promotecocoaagroforestrysystemsasanalterna6vetococoamonoculture(opensuncocoaproduc6on).

Challenges:Theabilitytomonitoreffec6veimplementa6onofthesecommitmentsrequirescleardefini6onsoftermsused–inpar6cular‘non-forestarea’,‘conversion’,‘moreenvironmentallyfriendly’.Thesearevaguewithnoquan6fiablecriterionprovidedintheRoadmap,makinginterpreta6ondifficult.ThecostofrollingoutfullHCVassessmentsatlargescalewilllikelybeprohibi6ve,andtheHCSapproachappearsill-adaptedtodefinethego/no-gozonesfordevelopmentofwhatistypicallyahigh-carbonstockcocoaagroforestryproduc6onsystem.

Promising methods for monitoring degradaEon

and changes in forest carbon stocks

• ResultsreportedbySatelligence(2019)ontheirresearchinGhanasofarsuggestthatfullsunandagroforestrycocoasystemscanbedetectedanddis6nguishedfromothercropsusingacombina6onofSen6nel1and2satellitedata(deliveredbyEuropeanSpaceAgency’sCopernicusMission).

• However,SatelligenceacknowledgethatwhiletheycandetectsmallcanopyopeningswithPlanetorAirbusdatatheyhavenotyetfoundasolu6onfordetec6ngcocoaunderforestcanopy.

Open quesEons:

•  Arecocoacompaniescommijedtoeliminate/reduceforestdegrada6on?

•  Ifdegrada6onistobefullyaddressedintheRoadmapandAc6onplan,itmustbemonitored.

•  Cana6meseriesofSen6neldatasetsiden6fychangesinforestdensitythatenableustomonitordegrada6on?

RecommendaEons

•  Refineanumberofdefini6onsandcommitmentsinordertoclosepoten6alloopholesfromthestart.Inpar6cular,developworkingdefini6onsof:

•  ‘Degrada,on’thatisunderstandable,andameasurabletargettoreduceandeventuallyeliminateandreversedegrada6on,withthegoaltoachievesubstan6allyreduced,orzeronetemissionsfromthecocoavaluechain

•  “Deforesta,on-free”cocoa.Abe*ertermmaybe‘climatesmart/lowcarboncocoa’:•  On-goingexpansionofcocoaagroforestsinCamerooniscontribu6ngsignificantlytodegrada6onand

associatedemissions,butnotyettodeforesta6on.•  AdaptandsimplifytheHCVandHCSapproachtothereali6esofCameroon,

•  no6ngthatthe•  Developasystemformonitoringbothdeforesta,onanddegrada,on,atthescaleofen,relandscapesandmunicipali,esasanessen,alfeatureinnearreal6methatisabletoserveasameansofmonitoringandrewardingresponsible,lowcarboncocoaproducers.

•  Combinemapping,par6cipatorylanduseplanningandincen6vesaspartofastrategythatcanreduceDD.

Thank you

JamesAcworth(Independent)[email protected]

+447984760610

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