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The document provides a series of key messages and indicators related to global forest governance, the distribution of clean cookstoves, the market share of certified commodities, and the drivers of forest loss.

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of Senegal's development trajectory up to 2043, comparing a 'Current Path' (business-as-usual) forecast against eight sectoral scenarios and a 'Combined Agenda 2063' scenario. It examines demographics, economic growth, infrastructure, and governance, highlighting the potential for significant GDP and poverty reduction through targeted industrialization, educational reform, and regional trade integration via the AfCFTA.

This research paper provides an introductory overview of Tanzania's geographic, political, and economic landscape as of June 2026. It details the country's transition to a lower-middle-income economy, its complex political history dominated by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, and the governance crisis following the contested October 2025 general elections.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute describes the role of cobalt as a critical mineral for the clean energy transition, detailing its applications in lithium-ion batteries, global distribution of reserves and production, and the significant human rights and environmental impacts associated with its extraction, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Ghana's socio-economic trajectory through 2043, evaluating its current path and various development scenarios. It examines the country's transition from a commodity-export dependent economy to potential industrialization, while highlighting critical challenges in governance, infrastructure, and public health.

A report by Zero Carbon Analytics quantifies the economic risk to Europe-bound Brazilian soy exports caused by declining river levels in the Amazon. The analysis indicates that by mid-century, up to USD 1 billion in annual soy trade passing through the ports of Manaus and Santarém could be exposed to disruption due to critically low river flows driven by climate change and deforestation.

This report provides a framework of priority actions for companies across the mining and mineral value chain to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. It categorizes the sector into upstream, midstream, and downstream companies, offering specific guidance on nature-positive practices, traceability, and the protection of Indigenous rights to mitigate operational and reputational risks.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DR Congo) socio-economic landscape, forecasting development trajectories to 2043. It evaluates a 'Current Path' (business as usual) against eight sectoral scenarios—including agriculture, manufacturing, and governance—and a 'Combined scenario' to identify pathways for inclusive growth and poverty reduction.

This executive summary from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030, drawing on research from nine countries. It argues that incoherence is driven by power asymmetries, vested interests, and the prioritization of economic growth over social and environmental goals, rather than simple coordination failures.

A research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute finds that conservation policies in the Brazilian Amazon that successfully reduced deforestation have generally failed to reduce anthropogenic forest degradation, leaving carbon stocks, biodiversity, and ecosystem services at risk.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) provides 33 recommendations to reorient the Brazilian Harvest Plan (Plano Safra) 2026/2027 toward higher social, environmental, and productive returns. The authors argue that public resources should be prioritized for sustainable, low-carbon agriculture and the most vulnerable producers, while strengthening socio-environmental safeguards to prevent the financing of illegal deforestation and land grabbing.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the financing of sustainable agriculture in the Brazilian Cerrado, with a specific focus on the Matopiba region. It evaluates the effectiveness of subsidized rural credit and innovative blended finance mechanisms in aligning agricultural production with zero-deforestation and sustainability goals.

This report analyzes the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) case ADPF 743 as a study of how judicial decisions can catalyze institutional cooperation and accelerate land governance policies. While originally focused on combating deforestation and fires in the Amazon and Pantanal, the case evolved into a 'structural process' that mandates the integration of environmental, land, and registry databases to improve land administration and environmental control.

This report examines the potential of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to reduce the European Union's global deforestation, emissions, and biodiversity footprint associated with seven specific forest-risk commodities.

This report by the Institute for Security Studies analyzes the historical structural challenges of African agriculture and models an 'Agriculture scenario' to demonstrate how a transition toward high-productivity, technology-driven farming could reduce food insecurity and poverty by 2043.

This research paper by the Institute for Security Studies examines the stagnation of African agricultural productivity since independence, highlighting the roles of poor policy, land tenure issues, conflict, and climate change in maintaining a significant yield gap compared to the rest of the world.

This research paper presents an 'Agriculture scenario' for Africa, modeling the potential impact of an agricultural revolution through eight specific interventions using the IFs forecasting platform. The scenario aims to address low productivity, climate vulnerability, and food insecurity to stimulate rural economic transformation and diversification.

This briefing by the World Resources Institute examines the capacity of various forest types to withstand and recover from wildfires, noting that while some ecosystems are fire-adapted, increasing fire frequency and intensity driven by climate change are undermining this resilience. The document details the drivers of vulnerability, the environmental and economic impacts of recent record-breaking fires, and strategies for strengthening forest resilience through protection, restoration, and the support of Indigenous land rights.

This case study examines the tension between Ghana's economic growth and its environmental and fiscal sustainability, focusing on the energy sector's debt and the ecological damage caused by illegal gold mining (galamsey). It argues that Ghana must transition from a high-carbon, debt-driven energy model and a destructive informal mining sector toward green industrialization and renewable energy to ensure long-term economic transformation.

The Forest Declaration Assessment submitted a formal response to the COP30 Presidency's call for inputs on the Roadmap for halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. The submission identifies systemic barriers and proposes high-impact, actionable measures across four clusters: ambition and planning, rights and governance, trade and real-economy incentives, and finance and financial systems.