In these two months I have learnt a lot while working with the AFi team at the Rainforest Alliance. The first phase of my work, as I mentioned in my last blog post, was to produce company profiles summarizing their deforestation commitments and to check how these commitments align with the core principles of AFi. I also supported the AFi team with the launch of the framework in Washington DC, it was a successful event where I got to meet more people from the team. On the same day, I attended the Global Forest Watch summit, where I learnt about many new initiatives which use GIS and remote sensing for monitoring deforestation.
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What’s hidden behind the Non Deforestation policies?
It has exactly been 1 month that I started working with the Rainforest Alliance on Accountability framework, in this period, I learnt a lot about the deforestation commitments of the companies whose supply chains affect the forests in South-East Asia and South America. I am helping the team in the initial phase of uptake of the guidelines by the companies, providing them a practical roadmap to achieving their commitments.
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I’m working with the Rainforest Alliance at their Washington DC office. This is my first time outside Madison in the US and I’m trying to take advantage of being in a new city, I explore the museums here after work. The RA office is located just one mile away from the National Mall, this is very helpful for my daily museum expeditions.
My project focuses on Accountability Framework, it is a collaborative effort by thirteen NGOs to help fulfill commitments for ethical agricultural and forestry supply chains. I am interested in this project because the supply chains of big corporations cause most of the damage in the forests of developing countries, hence, making them follow a standard guideline for stopping deforestation seems to be the most effective way to reduce our overall carbon emission while saving the home to several wildlife species.
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The Nelson Institute: Environmental Conservation Leadership Projects 