Why we need collaboration to save the world’s forests

The authors call for an acceleration of efforts to meet the 2020 goal of ending commodity-driven deforestation, highlighting the New York Declaration on Forests and the Paris Agreement as key frameworks. They emphasize that while progress has been made, WWF predicts up to 170 million hectares of additional deforestation could occur by 2030, primarily driven by expanding agriculture such as livestock, palm oil, and soy. The text advocates for jurisdictional sustainability, the engagement of the financial sector, and the inclusion of local communities and farmers to ensure sustainable land-use and food security.

• Despite the momentum from the New York Declaration on Forests, which includes commitments from over 190 governments, businesses, and civil society organisations to end commodity-driven deforestation by 2020, current efforts must be intensified to meet this goal.
• WWF's Living Forests Report forecasts that expanding agriculture—specifically soy, palm oil, and both large and small scale livestock—could lead to as much as 170 million hectares of further deforestation by 2030.
• Effective forest protection requires a collaborative approach that includes the financial sector, consumers in emerging markets, and the implementation of jurisdictional sustainability, where government emissions commitments and agricultural supply chains work together within a specific political geography.
• The High Carbon Stock Approach is a methodology used to support corporate commitments to end deforestation by differentiating between forest areas that require protection and degraded lands with low biodiversity and carbon values suitable for agricultural use.

APA

Seabright, K. P.-M. J. (2017). Why we need collaboration to save the world’s forests. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/how-collaboration-can-save-the-worlds-forests/

Chicago

Seabright, Kavita Prakash-Mani, Jeff. Why we need collaboration to save the world’s forests. World Economic Forum, 2017. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/how-collaboration-can-save-the-worlds-forests/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{seabright2017why, author = {Seabright, Kavita Prakash-Mani, Jeff}, title = {{Why we need collaboration to save the world’s forests}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2017}, month = sep, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/how-collaboration-can-save-the-worlds-forests/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }