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@flancian@social.coop
2024-02-25 20:22:03

#10 design principles for [[governing the commons]]: lifewithalacrity.com/article/1

10 Design Principles for Governing the Commons
In 2009, Elinor Ostrom received the Nobel Prize in Economics for her “analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”.

@nemobis@mamot.fr
2024-04-09 05:26:36

Millions of small coffee growers vs. central monitoring from 7000 km away: a classic #commons governance story?
theguardian.com/global-de…

(30) Operators and traders should be bound by the obligations under this Regulation regardless of whether the making available on the market takes place through traditional or online means. This Regulation should therefore ensure that in every supply chain there is an operator within the meaning of this Regulation who is established in the Union and can be held accountable in the event of non-fulfilment of the obligations under this Regulation. The Commission and the Member States should mon…
(53) Traders should be responsible for collecting and keeping information to ensure the transparency of the supply chain of relevant products which they make available on the market. Non-SME traders have a significant influence on supply chains and play an important role in ensuring that supply chains are deforestation-free. They should therefore have the same obligations as operators, take responsibility for the compliance of the relevant products with this Regulation and ensure, prior to m…
Fairtrade and Satelligence have launched a new partnership to ramp up satellite monitoring of forested areas and farms to all certified coffee and cocoa and producer organisations globally. The initiative aims to connect Fairtrade cooperatives with data on their members’ farms and their deforestation risks, so the cooperatives can share the data with commercial partners and better manage forest landscapes. “This partnership focuses on an increasingly important area of trade: access to risk ma…
But Regis Meritan strongly assuaged the fears of cocoa farmers, in both Ghana and Ivory Coast, of any adverse impact of the EUDR on their livelihoods. "I do not think that the regulation on deforestation will have a major impact on your ability to continue to sell your cocoa and your cocoa to be imported into Europe," Dr Meritan assured. "I am not talking about 100 per cent of your production, but I think we are talking about 98 per cent of your production or 95 [per cent] I will be probably…

‘We would not survive without coffee’: how rules made in Europe put Ethiopian farmers at risk
Coffee is the country’s biggest export, but millions of smallholders are being asked to provide paperwork to prove their land is not deforested