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Sustainable Sector Transformation: Theory and Practical Guidelines
Sustainable sector transformation – why is it important, what is it, and how can you achieve it? Aidenvironment presents a theory and practical guidelines to better understand complex systems and develop strategies for contributing to systemic changes and sector transformation.
Automotive Industry Exposure to Deforestation
Cattle-raising is the leading driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, which lost 1.1 million hectares in 2020, the highest rate since 2012. In the past the pressure to stop deforestation concentrated on the beef supply chain and the three largest Brazilian meatpackers (JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva).
Disaster Resilient WASH Products
In the Green Future Farming project, biogas digesters are promoted to overcome the twin challenges of indoor air pollution and soil erosion and degradation in the coffee-growing Sebei sub-region of Uganda. Aidenvironment is involved in a demo that recently started.
Biogas For More Productive Farms and Healthier Lives
In the Green Future Farming project, biogas digesters are promoted to overcome the twin challenges of indoor air pollution and soil erosion and degradation in the coffee-growing Sebei sub-region of Uganda. Aidenvironment is involved in a demo that recently started.
Indonesia’s Forest and Peatland Policies Fail to Stop Oil Palm Deforestation
Our latest report on Indonesia’s forest and peatland policies finds that the exploitation of moratorium loopholes and the lack of sanctions encourage further deforestation, fires, and peatland degradation.
Meet our new team members
Asia Office Haikal Sanjaya Julius Leonard Julius Leonard is Aidenvironment’s finance officer. He graduated from University of Indonesia, majoring in accounting. He has worked in the finance department of several companies in the agricultural sector and worked mainly as an accountant of Indonesia’s smallholder scheme (known as plasma). Working in this sector has enabled him
Child Labor Free Zone Approach to Coffee Production in Uganda
Aidenvironment has been conducting research on the child labour free zone approach, on coffee in Uganda. A comparison was made of the cost-effectiveness of implementing this approach and other (less intensive) approaches of addressing child labour. The following results have recently been published by Rainforest Alliance.
The Sumatera Dinamika Utama Group, Third Largest Deforester in Indonesia’s Pulp and Paper Sector over 2020
The company group Sumatera Dinamika Utama (SDU) was the third largest deforester in Indonesia’s pulp and paper sector in 2020, mainly due to its plantation company PT Permata Borneo Abadi, which cleared 850 hectares of forests.
Aidenvironment Deforestation System detects fire in top Cerrado deforester SLC Agrícola’s Fazenda Palmeira
Aidenvironment monitors deforestation and fires in biodiversity hotspots and high-risk areas in tropical forest regions, including the Brazilian Cerrado. In May 2021, Aidenvironment’s system detected the first fire event in Cerrado biome that may signal the start of the 2021 fire season, an annual occurrence linked to agricultural expansion in the region.