2024 FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT

This document consists of four case studies detailing national efforts to monitor and report on forest and landscape restoration in Brazil, Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam. It highlights the development of data governance frameworks, the role of multi-stakeholder platforms, and the challenges of standardizing geospatial data to meet national and international climate commitments.

• The Brazilian Restoration and Reforestation Observatory (BRRO), established in 2021, serves as an independent platform to compile restoration data and monitor Brazil's progress toward agreements such as the Paris Agreement, the Bonn Challenge, and national plans like PLANAVEG and CAR.
• Between 2021 and 2024, the BRRO recorded an increase in restoration areas from 79,000 hectares to 150,000 hectares, an increase of over 50%. The most common restoration technique identified is the planting of seedlings, covering approximately 45,000 hectares.
• Restoration efforts in Brazil are heavily concentrated in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, while the Caatinga, Cerrado, Pampa, and Pantanal biomes are relatively neglected due to a global restoration narrative that focuses primarily on forests.
• Kenya has developed a forest and landscape restoration (FLR) monitoring framework featuring 30 indicators and 45 sub-indicators. This framework is integrated into the National Ecosystem and Landscape Restoration Strategy 2024 and is supported by the National Biodiversity Coordination Mechanism (NBCM) launched in August 2024.
• To avoid duplicating monitoring platforms, Burkina Faso utilizes the existing ONEDD platform, chaired by the office of the Environment and Sustainable Development, to collect and validate restoration data through agreements with governmental and non-governmental partners (PNGIM and SPONG).
• Vietnam manages its forest status through the FORMIS system, though it faces challenges including limited technology access, gaps in hard-to-reach areas, and discrepancies between paper records and reality. The country aims to develop a national biodiversity database by 2030.

APA

Godoy, T. (2024). 2024 FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. Forest Declaration Assessment. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024AnnexC.pdf

Chicago

Godoy, Tainah. 2024 FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. Forest Declaration Assessment, 2024. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024AnnexC.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{godoy20242024, author = {Godoy, Tainah}, title = {{2024 FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2024}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024AnnexC.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }