PROGRESS ON THE NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS

The 2020 NYDF Progress Assessment finds that natural forest loss has increased since 2014, failing the target to halve the rate. While governments and companies have adopted some policies and commitments, implementation is slow, transparency is limited, and the pace of large-scale infrastructure and resource extraction continues to threaten intact forests. The report highlights a critical gap between high-level policy and on-the-ground enforcement, noting that Indigenous and local communities often lack influence in development planning and face increasing repression.

• The rate of natural forest loss has increased since 2014, failing to meet the NYDF Goal 1 target of halving the rate by 2020.
• Infrastructure development and resource extraction are increasing in tropical forest regions, driven by growing demand for fossil fuels, mined minerals, and metals.
• Government progress is hindered by a gap between policy and implementation; while 18% of global forests are protected areas, many regulations are poorly designed or lack enforcement, and some protections have been rolled back during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Corporate transparency in the extractive sector is very low; only 23 out of 225 invited companies disclosed data in 2019 and 2020, making it difficult to verify the impact of the 78% of mining companies that committed to stopping biodiversity loss.
• Indigenous and local communities have achieved some legal victories and demonstrated the success of community-based natural resource management, but they continue to face power disparities, lack of land tenure security, and violence.
• Financial institutions and donors lack transparency regarding forest risks in their investments, and funding for poverty alleviation linked to deforestation reduction is minimal compared to non-forest-aligned investments.
• REDD+ initiatives have mobilized at least USD 7.6 billion in public finance, but many programs remain in early stages or are stalled by donor conditions and capacity issues.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2020). PROGRESS ON THE NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_EN.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. PROGRESS ON THE NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS. 2020. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_EN.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2020progress, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{PROGRESS ON THE NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_EN.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }