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With just five years left to fulfill global forest commitments, governments must act decisively to halt and reverse deforestation. The 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority actions for governments in 2025 outlines eight priority levers of change that governments can act upon in 2025. These include integrating forest goals into national climate plans, securing Indigenous land […]

Aligning global financial system for sustainability development and vibrant forests The global financial system plays a crucial role in shaping the future of forests and nature. While there is a well-documented funding gap for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation, simply increasing financial flows is not enough. Instead of finding new funds for […]

The initial Assessment report, published in 2015, proposes a framework of indicators to track progress toward each of the ten goals of the NYDF.

Since 2011, 14 countries, three subnational regions, and two organizations have committed to restore
62.6 million hectares of forest landscapes under the Bonn Challenge equal to 41.7% of the 150-million hectare 2020 restoration target.

The objective of Goal 6 is the adoption of targets on forest conservation and restoration as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The initial Assessment report, published in 2015, proposes a framework of indicators to track progress toward each of the ten goals of the NYDF.

Goal 7 aims for the inclusion of forest-related mitigation measures in a post-2020 climate agreement, expected to be concluded in Paris in December 2015.

NYDF Goal 8 focuses on levels of investment in strategies to reduce forest emissions. The text of this goal is framed relatively broadly. ‘Strategies’ can be interpreted to include any concerted efforts to reduce emissions from forests, whether through high-level policies or laws, government programs, and private sector initiatives or local projects.

Goal 9 describes the financial incentives that reward tropical forest countries and jurisdictions through payments for verified emission reductions from forests.

Goal 10 mandates advances in forest governance, transparency and the rule of law, together with the empowerment of communities and indigenous peoples in relation to their land and resource rights.