News and updates

A new partnership between the Rainforest Alliance and Acorn will support thousands of Vietnamese coffee farmers in moving toward more sustainable, regenerative agricultural practices, introducing thousands of farmers to the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

Through sharing valuable insights from our projects, Acorn has supported Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) and UK Aid in the publication of a new guide aimed at empowering women in agroforestry carbon projects.

The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS), an emerging assessment framework for certifying the biodiversity impact of land management projects, has recently launched. TGBS creates a standardized process for fostering resilient ecosystems and elevating the value and longevity of carbon projects.

Acorn teams up with Corus International, through its subsidiary Lutheran World Relief (LWR), to propose an ambitious agroforestry campaign in Peru aimed at expanding the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in South America.

We are seeking dedicated and highly qualified individuals to join Acorn's Scientific Advisory Committee to assist us in our mission to support smallholder farmer communities.

In this interview Hanna Choa Yu, Acorn's Head of Government Relations, discusses what she sees as the three most prominent hurdles facing the implementation of a global VCM regarding government regulation and policy, and how Acorn is working to overcome them.

Daniela Serpa and Rosemarie Derks are Acorn’s Data Collection Coordinators, with Daniela coordinating for Acorn’s Latin American and West African regions and Rosemarie handling projects in Asia and elsewhere in African. In this article, they share more about their role and their insights into Acorn’s processes from their perspective at the intersection of data collection and farmer onboarding.

Biodiversity is essential to ecosystem health, but it’s not easily measured. Xi Zhu, our remote sensing data scientist, explains how Acorn has collaborated with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to explore new ways of mapping biodiversity.

Building on an already robust network of mature projects, Acorn is taking its partnerships in Latin America to the next level with technological innovations. Maud Slippens, a partnership leader in our Latin American regions, recounts in this blog post a recent trip where she and her colleague Paola López Vargas garnered exciting updates on Acorn’s new partnership in the region with TechnoServe.