Progreso en la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques

The 2019 five-year assessment of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) finds that the 2020 goals to halve tropical deforestation and restore 150 million hectares of degraded land are likely unattainable. Despite some progress in Indonesia and the existence of corporate commitments, tropical forest loss remains unsustainable, driven largely by agricultural expansion and poverty. The report highlights a critical lack of 'green' financing and a need for stronger governance and recognition of indigenous land rights to prevent further loss of primary forests.

• The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) aimed to halve tropical deforestation by 2020 and eliminate it by 2030, while recovering 150 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2020 and 350 million by 2030. Five years after the 2014 agreement, the report concludes that it is likely impossible to meet the 2020 targets.
• Tropical forest loss remains high, with an average annual loss of tree cover equivalent to the size of the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2018. Latin America continues to lose the most tree cover annually, and Brazilian Amazon deforestation rates surged by 88 percent in June 2019 compared to June 2018.
• The loss of primary tropical moist forests increased by 44 percent compared to the 2002–2013 baseline, rising from 3.0 to 4.3 million hectares per year. Between 2014 and 2018, annual tropical tree cover loss emitted 4.7 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide per year, exceeding the total 2017 greenhouse gas emissions of the European Union.
• While political will for landscape restoration is high, implementation is slow. As of April 2019, 59 pledges to the Bonn Challenge totaled 170.6 million hectares for 2020 and 2030, but evidence of implementation within forests only reaches 18 percent of the 2020 goal (26.7 million hectares since 2000).
• Corporate commitments to eliminate deforestation from supply chains have stagnated over the last three years. Only 8 percent of companies with active commitments have a total elimination pledge covering all operations and supply chains.
• Financial investment in forest conservation is severely insufficient. Green financing for forests is below USD 22 trillion, and investments to stop deforestation in tropical countries represent less than 1.5 percent (USD 3.2 trillion) of the USD 256 trillion committed by developed countries and multilateral institutions for climate mitigation since 2010.
• Poverty and population growth drive forest loss in specific regions. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shifting cultivation affects over a quarter of all forest lands and accounts for 70 percent of total forest cover loss.
• Indonesia saw a significant reduction in primary forest loss in 2017 and 2018, decreasing by more than 30 percent compared to the 2001–2016 average, though recent severe forest fires indicate a need for intensified efforts.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2019). Progreso en la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019NYDFReport_ES_SP.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Progreso en la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques. 2019. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019NYDFReport_ES_SP.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2019progreso, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Progreso en la Declaración de Nueva York sobre los Bosques}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019NYDFReport_ES_SP.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }