Our Work to Prevent Child Labor on Guatemalan Coffee Farms
For the Rainforest Alliance’s Claudia Medrano, preventing child labor in Guatemala’s coffee landscapes is personal... Continue Reading
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February 16, 2022
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Why We Advocate for Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation
Mandatory due diligence legislation can ensure that companies identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for potential risks and negative impacts that their practices may have on human rights and the environment. ... Continue Reading
Natural Climate Solutions: Tackling the Dual Threats of Climate Change and Rural Poverty
Our future climate stability depends on achieving net-zero emissions as quickly as possible, and natural climate solutions are essential to reaching that goal. The Rainforest Alliance is positioned for impact in this space—working across 70 countries and global supply chains in many of the most critically important natural landscapes throughout Latin America, Africa, and Asia. […]
Agroforestry – Resilient Land Use through More Holistic Production Systems
The Rainforest Alliance believes that agroforestry systems provide a holistic approach, simultaneously conserving biodiversity, improving livelihoods, and increasing the resilience of agriculture to climate-change impacts.
Strategies to Enhance Coffee Farmers’ Incomes
While there is a growing body of research that highlights the severity of the living income gap in the coffee sector, less is known about the strategies that companies can pursue to help close it. This report utilizes a combination of insights from Rainforest Alliance research and field experience, as well as third-party literature to […]
Institutional Capacities in Latin America
Working across Latin America’s most significant natural landscapes—from the South American Amazon rainforest to the Mayan jungle which extends through Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize—the Rainforest Alliance has a permanent presence in Latin America, with a growing technical and administrative team that includes more than 150 staff members based in the region. Learn more about how […]