2018 Progress Assessment Goal 5 Update

The 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 5 Update evaluates global efforts to restore degraded landscapes and forestlands under the Bonn Challenge and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement. It reports that Bonn Challenge pledges have reached 168.9 million hectares, surpassing the initial 2020 milestone of 150 million hectares, although measuring actual implementation remains a significant challenge.

• Bonn Challenge pledges for forest landscape restoration have increased to 168.9 million hectares, surpassing the initial 2020 target of 150 million hectares. This total includes approximately 94 million hectares pledged for 2020 and 74.6 million hectares for 2030.
• Measuring the actual implementation of restoration pledges is technically difficult due to diverse biophysical conditions, multiple actors, and varying intervention types. A sample of five jurisdictions indicated that over 13 million hectares are under restoration, representing 41 percent of their combined pledges.
• Analysis of 165 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) shows that 127 contain forest landscape restoration (FLR) commitments. However, only 30 percent of these make quantifiable mitigation or adaptation commitments, totaling 57 million hectares.
• Beyond official NDC targets, 'non-targets'—such as voluntary national efforts or intended measures—add an estimated 57 million hectares of restoration ambition. Combined with official commitments, this brings the total reflected in NDCs to 114 million hectares, one third of the Goal 5 2030 target.
• Specific national progress reports include the United States, which conducted restoration across 12.3 million hectares between 2011 and 2016, and India, which reported approximately 9.8 million hectares of degraded land restored since the Bonn Challenge launch.
• The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress, launched by the IUCN and the German government in 2016, provides a framework to track 'success factors' (policy and finance) and 'results and benefits' (hectares restored, biodiversity, and jobs) to close data gaps in implementation.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2018). 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 5 Update. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal5.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 5 Update. 2018. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal5.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment20182018, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{2018 Progress Assessment Goal 5 Update}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2018}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal5.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }