ÉTAT D’AVANCEMENT DE LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS

The report finds that the rate of natural forest cover loss has increased since 2014, failing to meet NYDF Goal 1. Progress on Goals 3 and 4 is slow, hampered by a lack of transparency in the extractive and infrastructure sectors, weak government enforcement of environmental laws, and a systemic failure to integrate the rights of indigenous peoples and smallholders into development planning. While some governments have established protected areas and REDD+ strategies, implementation is often undermined by political instability and the prioritization of resource extraction over forest conservation.

• The global community has failed to meet the primary objective of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF); instead of halving the rate of natural forest cover loss since 2014, the rate has actually increased.
• Infrastructure development and large-scale resource extraction pose a growing threat to intact tropical forests, driven by increasing global demand for fossil fuels, metals, and minerals.
• Government progress is characterized by a gap between policy and practice; while many countries have national forest strategies and protected areas (covering nearly 18% of global forests), enforcement is weak and regulations are often loosened, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The extractive industry suffers from a severe lack of transparency; although over 78% of evaluated mining companies committed to ending biodiversity loss, only 23 out of 225 invited companies provided data in 2019 and 2020.
• Indigenous peoples and local communities are increasingly mobilizing to defend forest lands, achieving some legal victories and successfully delaying or canceling large-scale infrastructure projects, though they still face systemic exclusion and violence.
• Financial institutions and international donors lack transparency regarding the forest impacts of their investments, and funding for poverty reduction linked to deforestation remains minimal compared to non-forest investments.
• The REDD+ program has mobilized at least 7.6 billion USD in public funding, but many countries remain stuck in the preparation phase after more than a decade due to complexity, capacity gaps, and restrictive donor conditions.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2020). ÉTAT D’AVANCEMENT DE LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. ÉTAT D’AVANCEMENT DE LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS. 2020. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2020tat, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{ÉTAT D’AVANCEMENT DE LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2020NYDFReport_ES_FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }