The government of Ucayali, Peru, adopts deforestation-free, low- emissions strategies to strengthen cocoa and palm oil value chains

The strategies developed to promote deforestation-free and low-emission cocoa and oil palm value chains have been officially adopted by the regional government of Ucayali to guide both public and private stakeholders towards better sectoral and agricultural development Both documents have been prepared by the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT within the framework of a project on Business models to address deforestation drivers in Peru or Sustainable Amazonian Businesses (SAB) Peru is implementing these sustainable business models in the agro-industrial and livestock sectors to combat greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation The goal is to increase productivity in deforested areas and establish deforestation-free agricultural systems.