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This article explores how the Rainforest Alliance leverages AI technology for remote sensing of forest data to map areas at risk of deforestation, and it discusses how we help farmers in collecting essential geo-coordinates for their land, to help meet EU traceability criteria.

Climate change poses challenges for the tea industry, affecting farming practices globally. Christopher Whitebread, Rainforest Alliance’s tea sector lead, and Madhuri Nanda, Director of South Asia, emphasize the importance of scaling up regenerative agriculture to address these challenges, alongside other experts.

This article highlights the importance of buying sustainably sourced cocoa to help mitigate environmental and social impacts within the cocoa sector, particularly in West Africa. Kwame Osei, current Senior Director for Global Programs at the Rainforest Alliance, explains why poverty is the main driver of deforestation in this sector and region.

To mark International Womens Day, Rainforest Alliance gender experts Joky Francois and Elizabeth Kiende Njenga wrote an opinion piece for Devex on the pervasive issue of gender-based violence and harassment in agriculture, and the collaboration needed to understand and address its deep-rooted causes.

ABC News explores why bananas have remarkably defied produce inflation, remaining accessible to U.S. consumers.The Rainforest Alliance points to one reason: bananas are high-yield herbs, producing up to 240 bananas per plant.

Sponsored by 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People, this article highlights how the Rainforest Alliance helps farmers in Mount Kenya transition to regenerative practices, contributing to landscape restoration, biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and improved livelihoods.