Avaliação da Declaração Florestal de 2025

The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment reports that global forests remain in crisis, with deforestation and degradation continuing at high rates. Despite some progress in natural regeneration and specific national reforms in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia, the report finds that corporate commitments are largely insufficient and public and private financing remains drastically misaligned with forest protection goals. It calls for systemic changes, including mandatory regulations and inclusive governance, to reverse these trends by 2030.

• Global forests experienced significant loss in 2024, with nearly 8.1 million hectares lost permanently. Primary tropical forests were particularly affected, losing 6.73 million hectares and releasing 3.1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases. Deforestation in areas critical for biodiversity increased by 47% over the previous year, totaling 2.2 million hectares.
• Agriculture remains the primary driver of global deforestation, accounting for approximately 86% of losses over the last decade. Additionally, forest degradation is increasing rapidly; in 2024, 8.8 million hectares of moist tropical forests were degraded, with the Amazon Basin heavily impacted by fire-induced degradation.
• Corporate action regarding deforestation is largely inadequate. Only 3% of companies evaluated by Forest 500 meet expectations for solid deforestation commitments, while 63% show deficiencies in ambition or implementation. On average, these 500 companies met only 16.2% of the criteria for implementing and reporting zero-deforestation commitments in 2024.
• International public financing for forests is severely insufficient compared to harmful subsidies. While public funding rose to approximately US$ 5.7 billion for 2022-24, this represents only 1.4% of the US$ 409 billion provided annually in environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies. Funding for the land tenure rights of indigenous peoples and local communities averaged US$ 728 million per year (2021-2024), far below the US$ 10 billion requested by civil society.
• Private finance for the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector remains low, capturing only US$ 5.6 billion in 2023, which is about 0.3% of total private climate mitigation finance. Voluntary carbon markets mobilized US$ 342 million in 2024, but have not scaled as expected due to integrity concerns and limited incentives.
• Forest governance is hindered by power imbalances and weak enforcement. Between 61% and 94% of tropical deforestation for agriculture is estimated to be illegal, with environmental crimes generating up to US$ 281 billion annually. Furthermore, while protected areas increased to 17.5% of global land area in 2024, only 4% are managed by indigenous peoples and local communities.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2025). Avaliação da Declaração Florestal de 2025. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025SPM_PT.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Avaliação da Declaração Florestal de 2025. 2025. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025SPM_PT.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2025avaliao, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Avaliação da Declaração Florestal de 2025}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025SPM_PT.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }