Sustainable production and development

The document finds that the world is off track to meet 2030 forest goals and 2025 private sector deforestation targets, driven by global demand for commodities. It highlights a lack of government priority and insufficient REDD+ incentives, limited impact from a small group of leading companies, and a gap between the recognized importance of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and the actual funding and legal protections they receive.

• Current deforestation and degradation rates indicate the world is failing to meet 2030 forest goals and the 2025 private sector target to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains, risking irreversible tipping points in regions such as the Amazon.
• Governmental priority for forests remains low, and the financial incentives provided to developing countries through REDD+ payments for emission reductions are inadequate relative to the scale of the challenge.
• While some leading agricultural companies prioritize eliminating deforestation, their global impact is limited by their small market share, and the mining and extractives sectors suffer from very limited corporate transparency regarding forest risks.
• Indigenous Peoples and local communities have successfully increased international awareness of their role in ecosystem safeguarding, yet they continue to face insufficient funding, lack of legal recognition, and inadequate protection for environmental defenders.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2023). Sustainable production and development. https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/sustainable-production-and-development-2023/

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Sustainable production and development. 2023. https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/sustainable-production-and-development-2023/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Forest Declaration Assessment |title=Sustainable production and development |date=2023 |url=https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/sustainable-production-and-development-2023/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2023sustainable, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Sustainable production and development}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2023}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/sustainable-production-and-development-2023/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }