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Protecting fragile ecosystems means finding a way to create value for people without sacrificing nature. This is too complex a challenge for any one company, raw material supply chain, NGO, or government to handle alone.
To secure a future for natural resources and the people who rely on them, collective action and collaboration are critical – we need to go beyond the bounds of individual supply chains.
This is why we work in landscapes across the globe to support local and international stakeholders in constructing pathways for regenerating lives and nature, building supply chain and farmer resilience, and achieving the goals of responsible sourcing.
Over the past 25 years, Earthworm has witnessed the power of collective action. We develop scalable solutions that meet local needs and drive global change by working directly with farmers and communities and partnering with our members, donors, governments, and local organisations. As of today, we have several active landscapes across these regions:
Local, Indigenous, and traditional communities with strengthened rights to self-determination
farmers improving their resilience
individuals with improved work and living conditions
of key ecosystems protected from conversion and degradation
of key ecosystems under restoration or with enhanced ecological values
of farmland under regeneration
companies implementing ‘No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation’
companies with ‘Traceability to Plantation’
companies that adopt good labour policies to protect workers’ rights
Last updated: late 2023
In Malaysia, our Southern Central Forest Spine (SCFS) landscape is transforming landscapes by helping farmers build resilience while protecting forests. Through agroforestry, improved land-use planning, and sustainable palm oil practices, we’re restoring degraded land, enhancing biodiversity, and ensuring that farming communities can thrive for generations to come.
We approach landscapes holistically, working in an integrated manner on sustainability and responsible sourcing across clearly defined sourcing areas, collaborating with key stakeholders from the private and public sectors, farmer associations, and civil society in each landscape.
In particular, we believe it is critical to leverage market connections and work with all different commodity sectors in a landscape to drive transformation. Only by working together with other actors can progress be made.
Regenerating supply chains is about restoring soils and forests. We work at the roots of the supply chain with farmers, local communities, governments, and partners to create regenerative agricultural practices, economic prosperity, and protect and conserve forests, thus creating replicable cases of change in sourcing regions. We work according to the following principles:
Field Presence
A strong field presence with embedded local staff that build relationships of trust with other actors to drive transformation.
Local Ownership
Building local capacity and participatory governance ensures long-term sustainability and independent transformation.
Data-driven
Data-driven impact measurement is deployed to assess change and communicate it.
In Côte d’Ivoire’s Soubré region, deforestation and unsustainable cocoa farming threaten both forests and communities. The Soubré Landscape project is tackling these challenges by promoting agroforestry, improving land-use planning, and strengthening farmer resilience. By working alongside local communities and businesses, we’re proving that cocoa can be grown in harmony with nature—securing both livelihoods and forests for future generations.
Forests are vulnerable because farming communities are vulnerable. We put farmers and workers in their rightful position at the heart of the supply chain and use their knowledge to help agriculture adapt to changing climates or better coexist with fragile ecosystems. Improving agricultural practices can improve the livelihoods of farmers, workers and their families.
