Avancées suite à la Déclaration de New York sur les Forêts

This executive summary evaluates the initial progress made one year after the September 2014 signing of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF). It introduces a monitoring framework to track ten specific objectives aimed at halting natural forest destruction by 2030 and restoring degraded lands. While the report notes new initiatives and commitments, it concludes that overall progress remains slow and requires further intervention.

• The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) aims to stop the destruction of natural forests by 2030, with an intermediate goal of reducing this destruction by at least 50% by 2020. Achieving the declaration's objectives could result in an annual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions between 4.5 and 8.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030.
• Regarding the restoration of degraded landscapes, the NYDF target is to restore 150 million hectares by 2020 and an additional 200 million hectares by 2030. As of the report, the Bonn Challenge has seen commitments to restore 62.59 million hectares (approximately 42% of the 2020 goal), and Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) include commitments for about 122 million hectares (approximately 35% of the total 350 million hectare goal for 2020).
• Progress on eliminating deforestation in agricultural supply chains varies by product: 50% of forests used for paper wood fiber are sustainably certified, and sustainable palm oil holds 18% of the global market, while sustainable soy accounts for only 2%. No data was available for beef. Most certifications for soy and palm oil rely on compensation processes rather than local sustainability mechanisms.
• Efforts to reduce deforestation linked to basic needs have seen significant growth in the distribution of clean cookstoves, which nearly doubled annually between 2008 and 2013. Investments in this sector reached a peak of 260 million dollars in 2014.
• Financial support for forest emission reductions has increased, with bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) rising from an annual average of 365 million dollars (2002-2007) to 744 million dollars (2008-2013). Between 2008 and 2014, over 3 billion dollars were committed to REDD+ payments, though actual disbursements were slightly over 1 billion dollars.
• Forest governance and indigenous rights show mixed results. While the proportion of forest area with recognized indigenous and local community rights increased by more than one-third since 2002, the rate of recognition has declined since 2008. Additionally, illegal activity in forest product markets remains high, and murders related to land disputes have not decreased.
• The report notes that while annual natural forest loss is decreasing if forest regeneration is counted as compensation, there is no evidence that the actual annual rate of clearing or destruction of natural forests is slowing down.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2015). Avancées suite à la Déclaration de New York sur les Forêts. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Avancées suite à la Déclaration de New York sur les Forêts. 2015. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2015avances, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Avancées suite à la Déclaration de New York sur les Forêts}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }