Increasing numbers of governments, foundations, NGOs, and companies are looking to jurisdictional scale approaches as ways to help deliver sustainable and deforestation-free agricultural commodities. Jurisdictional approaches to zero-deforestation commodities (JA-ZDCs) lie at the intersection of three existing strategies to reduce forest loss and degradation, along with improving the health and sustainability of rural and frontier economies: landscape approaches, jurisdictional approaches, and voluntary corporate sustainability efforts. These three strategies are increasingly converging. In this learning session, Michael Wolosin, of Climate Advisors, and Lloyd Gamble, of WWF Forest and Climate, will map the landscape of why, where, who, and how various actors are approaching the increasing convergence of these strategies to reduce deforestation and forest degradation related to commodity production. The initiatives described take many different forms and most are quite nascent, but promise important lessons in coming years as governments strive to meet their climate targets and companies reach to meet zero-deforestation.
