Avances de la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques

This executive summary introduces a monitoring framework for the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) and provides an initial assessment of its ten goals one year after their signing. While noting the creation of new initiatives and commitments, the report concludes that global progress has been slow and urgent action is required. Key findings include a lack of deceleration in natural forest harvesting, significant gaps in sustainable certification for soy and beef, and a lag between REDD+ funding commitments and actual disbursements.

• The NYDF aims to eliminate natural forest loss by 2030, with an interim goal of reducing deforestation by 50% by 2020. While annual natural forest loss may be decreasing if new growth is counted as an offset, there is no evidence that the actual rate of harvesting or logging natural forests is slowing down.
• Progress in sustainable agricultural supply chains is uneven: 50% of forests providing wood fiber for paper are certified, and certified sustainable palm oil represents 18% of global production. However, certified sustainable soy accounts for only 2% of global production, and no data exists for certified sustainable beef.
• Non-agricultural drivers of deforestation include mining, the expansion of human settlements, and new infrastructure projects, but there is currently no coordinated effort to track the impact of these sectors on forests.
• Efforts to reduce deforestation caused by fuelwood use have seen significant growth, with global clean cookstove distribution nearly doubling between 2008 and 2013, and investments reaching a peak of US$ 260 million in 2014.
• Regarding forest restoration, the Bonn Challenge has seen commitments to restore 62.59 million hectares (about 42% of the NYDF 2020 goal). Additionally, UNFCCC members' intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) include approximately 122 million hectares, representing about 41% of the NYDF 2030 goal of 300 million hectares.
• Financial support for reducing forest emissions has increased, with bilateral official development assistance (ODA) averaging US$ 744 million annually between 2008 and 2013, up from US$ 365 million between 2002 and 2007. However, there is a gap in REDD+ funding: over US$ 3 trillion was committed between 2008 and 2014, but disbursements of just over US$ 1 billion have lagged behind.
• Forest governance and indigenous rights show mixed results: while the proportion of forests with recognized indigenous and local community rights increased by one-third since 2002, the rate of recognition has decreased recently. Furthermore, high levels of illegality persist in wood product markets and violence related to land disputes continues.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2015). Avances de la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_ES.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Avances de la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques. 2015. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2015avances, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Avances de la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }