GOALS Goal 6: Include ambitious, quantitative forest conservation and restoration targets for 2030 in the post-2015 global development framework, as part of new international sustainable development goals

The report evaluates the SDG indicators finalized in 2017, concluding that they fail to directly measure gross forest loss or specific restoration efforts. While SDG 15.2 includes an ambitious aim to "halt deforestation," the report argues that the reliance on net rather than gross deforestation indicators weakens the target in practice. Furthermore, it notes that targets for forest restoration, afforestation, and reforestation are not quantifiable in the final SDGs, and the current indicators do not allow for specific measurement of these activities.

• The finalized SDG indicators and sub-indicators do not directly measure forest conservation or restoration, which results in the ambitious forest conservation goal receiving little practical attention.
• Although SDG 15.2 aims to "halt deforestation," the associated indicators measure the net effect of deforestation and afforestation/reforestation rather than gross deforestation, thereby failing to provide data on the loss of natural forests.
• The components of SDG 15.2 related to forest restoration, afforestation, and reforestation lack quantifiable targets, and the adopted indicators do not allow for specific measurement of these processes.
• The IAEG-SDGs finalized the indicator framework in 2017 and identified no additional indicators for forest targets in SDG 15 (Targets 15.1 and 15.2), with future reviews scheduled for 2020 and 2025.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2018). GOALS Goal 6: Include ambitious, quantitative forest conservation and restoration targets for 2030 in the post-2015 global development framework, as part of new international sustainable development goals. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2017Goal6.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. GOALS Goal 6: Include ambitious, quantitative forest conservation and restoration targets for 2030 in the post-2015 global development framework, as part of new international sustainable development goals. 2018. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2017Goal6.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2018goals, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{GOALS Goal 6: Include ambitious, quantitative forest conservation and restoration targets for 2030 in the post-2015 global development framework, as part of new international sustainable development goals}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2018}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2017Goal6.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }