In 2024 100,000 families worldwide benefited from UN Office on Drugs & Crime’s #AlternativeDevelopment technical assistance. Read about the case studies in 🇨🇴🇧🇴🇱🇦 and🇦🇫 in our Annual Report 2024 here: unodc.org/documents/Annu…

General success factor #1 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Make sure that people are at the heart of programming: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

#Cocoa production plays a crucial role in #AlternativeDevelopment across Latin America, offering farming communities in countries like Peru 🇵🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 a sustainable and legal alternative to illicit coca cultivation.

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! #AlternativeDevelopment projects can only be #sustainable if they are also #environmentally sustainable. Read about it in our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on Alternative Development and the #environment: unodc.org/documents/alte…

Encouraged by recent progress in Cambodia: 100+ tons of toxic chemicals removed from high-risk sites, reducing the threat to public health.   UN Office on Drugs & Crime trained 25 national officers with support from 🇦🇺 @DFAT & 🇰🇷 South Korea to safely transport & dispose of seized drugs & chemicals.

The drug problem in South #Korea is at an critical point. A key concern is the rapid increase in drug use among the younger population. Meanwhile, the number of foreigners arrested for drug offences continues to rise—mostly from #ASEAN countries. countries.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law…

UN Office on Drugs & Crime and UNIDO are working together to support Afghan farming communities switch from #opium poppies to the sustainable production of #cotton🌱 as part of #AlternativeDevelopment in #Afghanistan.

Across the #Mekong region, young advocates are building resilience through education, creativity, and peer support. This #WorldDrugDay, we champion their efforts and urge all to #InvestInPrevention & #StopOrganizedCrime. 🔗 bit.ly/WorldDrugDay20…

This SENAD (Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública), CDESC and UN Office on Drugs & Crime study launched yesterday on #WorldDrugDay details #Brazil's 🇧🇷 (Governo do Brasil) exciting rise as a key country implementing tailored and sustainable #AlternativeDevelopment. 🔗Learn more (the study is in Portuguese): unodc.org/cofrb/uploads/…

UN Office on Drugs & Crime's #WorldDrugReport 2025 reminds us that drug policy responses can have a positive but also a negative impact on the #environment. This is important for #AlternativeDevelopment as crops or livelihoods introduced as part of interventions can have a large carbon footprint.

General success factor #2 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Help people to help themselves: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

The global cocaine market continues to break its own records — and not in a good way. UNODC’s new #WorldDrugReport shows surging production, trafficking & use of cocaine but also of fentanyl, nitazines & meth. As profits grow, so does the power of organized crime. ⬇️

In the aftermath of the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake, we're helping communities in #Myanmar to heal through: 🧺 Relief kits 👨‍👦‍👦 Parenting support 🎋 Bamboo shelter aid Read more: unodc.org/roseap/en/myan… United Nations in Myanmar

#AlternativeDevelopment brings sustainable solutions to rural communities. UN Office on Drugs & Crime supports countries to design & implement effective programmes based on evidence-based 🔎 interventions. Learn more 👉 unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

Jean-Pierre Blanc, Managing Director of UN Office on Drugs & Crime's partner Malongo🇫🇷 recently visited the #AlternativeDevelopment program in Shan State in Myanmar🇲🇲, where it is working with local communities to produce arabica shan mountain coffee - a coffee for #peace and #biodiversity!

It is no longer #coca, it is #cocoa! LOK FOODS #AlternativeDevelopment #chocolate is now available in 15 outlets in #Vienna #Austria! Lök collaborates with 1.300 families in #Colombia 🇨🇴, bringing you high-end chocolate with notes of cane sugar, malt, nuts, and vanilla...

General success factor #3 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Long-term #commitment. It sounds so simple, but it is often the factor that is missing: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

General success factor #4 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Land ownership boosts environmental sustainability & access to credit. It also enables #CarbonCredits , #PES, organic farming and other instruments: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

General success factor #5 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Any environmental components of projects require #flexibility and #adaptation to (changing) local conditions: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…

General success factor #6 from our UN Office on Drugs & Crime Practical Guide on #AlternativeDevelopment and the #Environment: Be #realistic about expectations in terms of #environmental #protection and #sustainability, especially given the adverse starting conditions: unodc.org/unodc/en/alter…