Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests Technical Annexes

The report evaluates the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) against the objectives of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF). It finds that while the SDGs include a highly ambitious, quantifiable target to halt deforestation by 2020, they lack quantifiable targets for forest restoration and reforestation. The document notes that the absence of specific indicators for measuring these goals may hinder the translation of the targets into action.

• The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a target to halt deforestation by 2020, which is considered quantifiable and highly ambitious, exceeding the goals of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
• The SDG target to halt deforestation is interpreted as requiring zero gross deforestation, meaning the complete stopping of deforestation, rather than 'net deforestation' where losses are offset by enhancements.
• The SDGs failed to include quantifiable targets for forest restoration and reforestation, despite a placeholder for a reforestation percentage existing in draft texts from July 2014 to July 2015.
• The lack of quantifiable restoration targets in the SDGs is described as unambitious when compared to the NYDF, the Bonn Challenge, and the Aichi Targets, all of which contain quantifiable restoration goals.
• There is a critical gap in the implementation framework, as current proposed indicators from the Inter-Agency and Expert Group (IAEG) do not include specific measures for deforestation, restoration, or reforestation.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2015). Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests Technical Annexes. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2015Goal6.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests Technical Annexes. 2015. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2015Goal6.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2015progress, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests Technical Annexes}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2015Goal6.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }