Goal 6 Assessment Technical Annex to the Five-Year Assessment Report

This technical annex assesses Goal 6 of the New York Declaration on Forests, which sought the inclusion of ambitious, quantitative forest conservation and restoration targets for 2030 within the post-2015 global development framework. The document concludes that Goal 6 was achieved through the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015, though it identifies significant weaknesses in how these goals are measured and reported.

• Goal 6 is considered achieved because the United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015, which include forests in their targets and indicators.
• While SDG 15.2 sets an ambitious goal to halt deforestation by 2020, the practical impact of this target is weakened because the associated indicators track net forest loss rather than gross forest loss, failing to provide data on deforestation in natural forests.
• The components of SDG 15.2 related to forest restoration, reforestation, and afforestation are not quantifiable, as proposals for quantitative targets in these areas were removed from the final version of the SDGs.
• The indicators used to track SDG 15 lack measures regarding the quality of management and conservation, specifically omitting forest intactness, the integration of biodiversity considerations, and the effectiveness of protected area management.
• According to the OECD's SDG Financing Lab, SDG 15 is one of the least-funded goals, receiving only 3.5 percent of donor finance for the SDGs.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2019). Goal 6 Assessment Technical Annex to the Five-Year Assessment Report. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2019NYDFGoal6.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Goal 6 Assessment Technical Annex to the Five-Year Assessment Report. 2019. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2019NYDFGoal6.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2019goal, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Goal 6 Assessment Technical Annex to the Five-Year Assessment Report}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2019NYDFGoal6.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }