AUTHOR=Haywood Caroline , Henriot Clotilde 

TITLE=Protecting Forests From Conversion: The Essential Role of Supply-Side National Laws

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

VOLUME=Volume 2 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00035

DOI=10.3389/ffgc.2019.00035

ISSN=2624-893X

ABSTRACT=•	The growing demand in global markets for commodities like palm oil, soy and cocoa has a disastrous impact on forests, carbon emissions, as well as the lands and livelihoods of forest-dependent people. 
•	Governments, private sector, civil society and forest-dependent people have, separately or jointly, committed to voluntary actions to protect forests (e.g. pledges, zero deforestation commitments, certification standards). 
•	However, recent research shows that these voluntary commitments and standards have neither halted nor slowed deforestation. This demonstrates that they cannot stand alone. 
•	Alongside voluntary action, national legal frameworks that regulate forest conversion are crucial. This research explores the importance of supply-chain laws for reducing deforestation from forest-risk commodities and the legal options available to address competing demands for forested lands.