Endorser Perspectives Report: Progress, Challenges and Enabling Conditions for Action

The report identifies eight key lessons from NYDF endorsers, highlighting that slow implementation of deforestation-free commitments is driven by barriers requiring multi-sectoral solutions. It emphasizes the necessity of strong governance, land tenure, and multi-stakeholder partnerships, while noting that current financial investments are insufficient. The document calls for renewed ambition and accountability to reverse deforestation trends, noting that nearly two-thirds of consulted endorsers have post-2020 action plans.

• The implementation of deforestation-free commitments by governments and companies is slow, hindered by barriers that necessitate solutions across multiple sectors and levels.
• Several critical enabling conditions for forest action include strong governance and policy, the resolution of land tenure to eliminate conflict, and the use of multi-stakeholder engagement and partnerships.
• While new models for forest finance show promise, current positive financial investments are not enough to meet forest goals, and negative investments continue to work against forests.
• Nearly two-thirds of the NYDF endorsers consulted have developed action plans for objectives following 2020.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (n.d.). Endorser Perspectives Report: Progress, Challenges and Enabling Conditions for Action. https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/endorser-perspectives-report-progress-challenges-and-enabling-conditions-for-action/

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Endorser Perspectives Report: Progress, Challenges and Enabling Conditions for Action. n.d. https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/endorser-perspectives-report-progress-challenges-and-enabling-conditions-for-action/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessmentndendorser, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Endorser Perspectives Report: Progress, Challenges and Enabling Conditions for Action}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/endorser-perspectives-report-progress-challenges-and-enabling-conditions-for-action/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }