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News  05-05-2026 Nature‑inclusive farming as a buffer around Natura 2000 areas 

After six years, the All4Biodiversity programme has come to an end. Project leader Francisca Demmendal‑Wit  reflects on the results.  What was All4Biodiversity about?  Within the All4Biodiversity programme, various Dutch provinces, ministries, nature and farming organisations, and knowledge

News  01-04-2026 Waste from cocoa cultivation yields a valuable product

Most chocolate lovers are unaware that cocoa farming generates enormous amounts of organic waste. Only 10% of the cocoa fruit

News  06-06-2025 PfI at SARA Abidjan: 5 years involvement in the cocoa value chain in Côte d’Ivoire

Partners for Innovation's Peter Karsch visited the agricultural trade fair SARA 2025 in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of our ongoing

Blog  06-12-2024 Carbon removal Blog 6: Draft certification elements voor soil carbon

The European Commission is currently working on the first EU-wide voluntary framework for the certification of high-quality carbon removals. This

Blog  23-09-2024 Carbon Removal blog 5- The need for a new European certification system

Why is a new certification system for carbon removal and carbon farming necessary for the European Union?  Jasmijn Sybenga  Since

Blog  23-09-2024 Carbon Removal blog 4- The value of certification 

Carbon removal certification refers to the process of officially recognizing and validating initiatives or projects that remove carbon from the

Blog  23-09-2024 Carbon removal blog 3- The benefits of nature-based carbon removal 

Within the consortium that's working on an EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon removal and carbon farming, we focus in

Blog  23-09-2024 Carbon removal blog 2- The fight against climate change

Since 2023, I have been working with colleagues from Partners for Innovation, Wageningen Environmental Research, DG CLIMA and experts from

News  12-08-2024 Horticulture and cocoa sector in Ghana need to increase their resilience to climate change

Climate change is having increasingly negative impacts on horticulture and cocoa farming in Ghana. Therefore, urgent measures within these sectors

Blog  09-08-2024 Peatlands blog 3 – Scottish peatland first to be named World Heritage Site 

The peatlands of the “Flow Country” in the north of Scotland was awarded World Heritage status at the end of