Feeding the world: conducive policies for lower deforestation link to soy production in South America With the objective to reduce deforestation in high value conservation ecosystems, such as the Amazon and the Great American Chaco, we have focused on the major soy demand and supply markets (China, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia), which together account for 60% of the global soy trade. For this purpose we have established multi stakeholder dialogues in Bolivia, Argentina and China, and initiated an advocacy trajectory with the Environmental Commision of the National Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay. The MSPs in the producing countries were focused on improving the legal enforcement and public monitoring and control systems of the soy sector. In China, we engaged the main soy trading importers and associations to work towards responsible soy procurement policies. As a result of this work, the Chinese Soy Sourcing Guidelines were produced to set minimum sustainability requirements for soy imports. Among these requirements, a non deforestation requirement was included, which should have a positive impact on the main South American suppliers (Brazil and Argentina). In Argentina, to tackle the lack of capacity of governmental authorities to implement, monitor and control the National Forest Law, the MSP formulated recommendations to the Salta Province’s authorities to improve their procedures and monitoring systems; both recommendations are currently being implemented by the local government. In Paraguay, together with the National Union of Producers’ Cooperatives (UNICOOP) and the Biotechnology Institute (INBIO), we have been advocating for a comprehensive fire management law and a law that prohibits the export and trafficking of wood rolls, pieces and beams of species from natural, regenerated native forests, protected areas and legal reserves. We have also developed the first land use change analysis (1990-2020) in the Ybyturuzu Reserve Area, which is key to support the Municipalities to develop their local land use plans, and later on monitor compliance. The MSPs and dialogues initiated in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay will continue after 2020 with the support of the Land Innovation Fund.