New York Declaration on Forests

The New York Declaration on Forests is a statement by endorsers committing to slow, halt, and reverse global forest loss to safeguard biodiversity and the climate. The document outlines specific targets for 2030, including ending natural forest loss and restoring 350 million hectares of landscapes, while emphasizing the central role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in forest governance.

• Global forests are critical for biodiversity and climate regulation, supporting up to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity and sequestering carbon. However, an average of 10 million hectares of forest are lost annually, with approximately half of this deforestation caused by the production of agricultural commodities such as beef, soy, palm oil, and paper.
• The endorsers commit to several specific outcomes by 2030, including ending the loss and degradation of natural forests and restoring and maintaining 350 million hectares of forestlands and landscapes. They also aim to eliminate deforestation from agricultural commodity production and significantly reduce degradation from extractive industries and infrastructure development well before 2030.
• The declaration emphasizes that Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are the most effective defenders of forests. Consequently, centering their traditional knowledge and recognizing their rights to lands and resources is described as essential for achieving the goals of the New York Declaration on Forests.
• Achieving the stated outcomes is linked to global climate goals, specifically limiting warming to 1.5°C as part of the Paris Agreement. The document states that these actions could result in over 7 billion tons of cost-effective climate change mitigation (CO2e) per year by 2030.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (n.d.). New York Declaration on Forests. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EN-NYDF-Refresh.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. New York Declaration on Forests. n.d. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EN-NYDF-Refresh.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{forestdeclarationassessmentndnew, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{New York Declaration on Forests}}, publisher = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EN-NYDF-Refresh.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }