Financing Deforestation Across Borders: Challenges & Opportunities in the Mekong Trade Corridors

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🔗 Register to join IN PERSON: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/pawGnPzg5e 🔗 Register to join ONLINE: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/P6_cZPaOQPihQTlwK2lsSA#/registration Hosted by Fair Finance Asia's (FFA) Investing and Financing Outcomes in Regional Ecosystems and Sustainable Trade (I-FOREST), this multi-stakeholder roundtable discussion will identify the principal cross-border financial issues arising in Mekong trade corridors for deforestation-linked commodities, including trade data that cannot be independently verified, trade finance extended without environmental or social conditions, and financial institution policies that do not follow clients across borders. The discussion will also examine the implications for smallholder producers, including whether emerging traceability and due diligence requirements are integrating them into compliant supply chains or displacing them from the trade altogether. To facilitate a robust and open discussion, this session will be conducted under CHATHAM HOUSE RULES. Learn more about FFA's I-FOREST project: https://fairfinanceasia.org/blog/fair-finance-asia-launches-i-forest-tackling-the-financial-drivers-of-cross-border-deforestation/ Learn more about the session: bit.ly/4deHAqM