31 October 2024 EUDR: “Switzerland would do well to get actively involved” The EU is set to ban imports of certain raw materials and processed goods if their production is linked to deforestation. CDE’s Elisabeth Bürgi and Astrid Zabel are researching ways of implementing the EUDR so that producers and countries in the global South can also benefit. Read the interview
16 October 2024 “Deforestation-free products are the market of the future” To address deforestation, the EU introduced the Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR). CDE researcher Jimena Solar Alvarez examined the challenges and opportunities for Peruvian smallholder farmers and producers in implementing the EUDR. Read the interview
22 August 2024 Biodiversity: “We shouldn’t just accept continuous decline” How can farmers be motivated to promote greater biodiversity? Mara Häusler investigated whether Swiss farmers are likely to create bigger, higher-quality, or more varied areas to support biodiversity when they are better informed about how biodiversity is evolving on their own farmland. Read the interview in German
20 August 2024 Rwanda: Coffee – “the cow that never falls”? Coffee lovers and traders rave about it being one of the best coffees in the world: a specialty coffee consisting of 100 per cent arabica, cultivated and hand-picked by small farmers – and frequently advertised as “made by women!” But what’s really behind this good-sounding story? A CDE research team took a deeper look. Read more in the storymap
7 August 2024 “Not all moors are the same” In September 2024, Switzerland will vote on an initiative that aims to better protect biodiversity. In the run-up to the vote, supporters and opponents are using different figures to argue their case. But how do you actually measure the state of biodiversity? We put this question to Roger Bär, a scientist at CDE and the Swiss Biodiversity Forum. Read the interview
