Forest Declaration Assessment 2030 GLOBAL FOREST VISION

The '2030 Global Forest Vision' report outlines eight priority actions for governments to implement in 2025 to meet the goal of halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. The framework emphasizes integrating forest goals into national climate and biodiversity plans, scaling up finance through mechanisms like the Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF), securing land rights for Indigenous and local communities, and reforming harmful agricultural subsidies.

• Governments are urged to integrate forest goals into national climate and biodiversity plans in 2025, specifically by finalizing third Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs 3.0), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). The report suggests that at COP30 in Brazil, governments should formally commit to phasing out deforestation, forest degradation, and ecosystem conversion.
• The report advocates for international partnerships to promote trade that is legal and free from deforestation, conversion, and degradation (DCF). It highlights the upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in 2026, which will require forest-risk commodities traded in the EU to be legal and free from deforestation and degradation.
• There is a critical need to scale up forest finance, as current jurisdictional REDD+ payments are described as a fraction of necessary investments. The report highlights the Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF), led by the Brazilian government, as a potential mechanism to provide long-term payment structures by valuing standing and restored tropical forests.
• Securing land rights for Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendent Peoples, and local communities (IPs, ADPs, and LCs) is presented as essential for climate mitigation. In Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, 92% of forested land managed by these communities are net carbon sinks. The report calls for a new five-year pledge to mobilize at least USD 3 billion, with at least USD 1.7 billion specifically for forest communities.
• Financial regulators and central banks are encouraged to address forest-related financial risks, such as asset devaluation and supply chain disruptions. The report suggests that central banks should conduct environmental stress tests and mandate that financial institutions disclose deforestation-free targets aligned with science-based nature transition plans.
• The report identifies that governments spend approximately USD 470 billion annually on agricultural subsidies that harm forests and other natural ecosystems. It calls for these to be repurposed toward a green economy, noting a commitment by 196 countries under GBF Target 18 to reduce harmful incentives by at least USD 500 billion per year by 2030.
• Strengthening land-use governance is prioritized, with a call for improved law enforcement, transparency, and the protection of environmental and human rights defenders. The report cites Brazil as an example where improved law enforcement has helped slow deforestation.
• The report suggests addressing the debt crisis in the Global South by restructuring or cancelling sovereign debt to allow for investment in nature protection. It proposes that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) should treat natural capital as assets in debt management and sustainability frameworks.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2025). Forest Declaration Assessment 2030 GLOBAL FOREST VISION. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2030Vision-2025Actions.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Forest Declaration Assessment 2030 GLOBAL FOREST VISION. 2025. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2030Vision-2025Actions.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2025forest, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Forest Declaration Assessment 2030 GLOBAL FOREST VISION}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2030Vision-2025Actions.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }