Forest Declaration Assessment 2022

The Forest Declaration Assessment 2022 reports that global deforestation rates declined by 6.3% in 2021, falling short of the 10% annual reduction needed to halt deforestation by 2030. While Tropical Asia is on track to meet this goal, Tropical Latin America and Africa are not. Despite significant reforestation efforts, the world saw a net loss of 100 million hectares of forest over the last two decades. The report emphasizes that funding must increase up to 200 times, with a specific need for more support for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• To completely halt deforestation by 2030, an annual reduction of 10 percent is required. In 2021, global deforestation rates declined by 6.3 percent relative to the 2018-20 baseline, while primary forest loss in the humid tropics decreased by 3.1 percent.
• Tropical Asia is the only region currently on track to meet the 2030 goal of halting deforestation. Although Tropical Latin America and Africa saw decreases in deforestation rates in 2021 compared to the 2018-20 baseline, these reductions are insufficient.
• Over the last twenty years, afforestation and reforestation created new forest areas equivalent in size to Peru, with 36 countries seeing net gains in forest cover. Despite this, global losses outweighed gains, leading to a net loss of 100 million hectares.
• Funding for forests must increase by as much as 200 times to achieve 2030 goals. Indigenous Peoples and local communities receive significantly less funding than is needed to preserve forest ecosystems and secure tenure rights.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2022). Forest Declaration Assessment 2022. https://www.forestdeclaration.org/resources/forest-declaration-assessment-2022

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Forest Declaration Assessment 2022. 2022. https://www.forestdeclaration.org/resources/forest-declaration-assessment-2022.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2022forest, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Forest Declaration Assessment 2022}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2022}, url = {https://www.forestdeclaration.org/resources/forest-declaration-assessment-2022}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }