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Fighting deforestation

Rubberway

Between July 2024 and the end of 2025, more than 22,000 farmers were interviewed to assess compliance with legal requirements in Côte d'Ivoire.

Satelligence

  • Satellite monitoring of past and ongoing deforestation
  • Production of land use map

Grower commitment

17,300 farmers in Côte d'Ivoire have signed a commitment covering the period from 2021 to 2025.

Identification of deforestation areas and forest areas through three mapping tools :

  • Locating layers of deforestation zones from 2018 - Satelligence Project
  • Layers of forest areas in 2020 with the SIFCA-SATELLIGENCE land use map - Satelligence Project
  • Layers of forest areas in 2020 with the national land use map - Government

Identification of rubber plantations potentially causing deforestation from 2020 through the analysis of two pieces of information :

  • Geolocation of rubber plantations
  • Location of deforestation areas and forest areas from 2020

Verification of plantations potentially causing deforestation through Google Earth images and high-resolution images.

Management of deforestation risks through :

  • Strengthening traceability controls in areas where deforestation is more frequent
  • Signing commitment letters from planters
  • Rubberway questionnaire
  • Raising awareness among producers on deforestation-related topics: case of FIRCA financing with Côte d'Ivoire
  • Financing projects to reduce deforestation risks: case of the SAPH-GIZ project in Eastern Côte d'Ivoire "Sustainable Rubber For Communities (SR4C)"
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