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Forests are a source of food, medicine and fuel. In addition to helping to respond to climate change and protect soils and water, they hold more than three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, provide many products and services that contribute to socio-economic development and are particularly important for hundreds of millions of people in rural areas, including many of the world’s poorest.
Yet, deforestation and forest degradation continue to take place at alarming rates, which contributes significantly to the ongoing loss of biodiversity. Forests are also particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as insect outbreaks, fires, strong winds, droughts, and pathogen attacks.
There are ways, however, to manage the world’s forest ecosystems that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of their biodiversity. This requires effective governance, integrated policies, land-tenure security, respect for the rights and knowledge of local communities and indigenous peoples, and enhanced capacity for monitoring of biodiversity outcomes. It also requires innovative financing modalities.
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As you delve into carbon offsets, you can quickly find yourself inundated with a new vocabulary. There are four key terms to know: additionality; permanence (or durability); buffer pool; and leakage. These are more than just industry lingo. They are how high-quality offsets are differentiated from lower-quality ones.
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The State of the World’s Forests 2020
A new report with recommendations for decision-makers in governments to incorporate the full potential of forests for climate change mitigation and adaptation in NDCs
Progress Must Speed Up to Protect and Restore Forests by 2030 -- "the world failed to halve deforestation by 2020 and, as a result, is not on a trajectory to stop it by 2030..." To turn the tide, "innovative restoration programs like the more than 50 private-sector projects aligned with Initiative 20x20 and the growing Land Accelerator network" need to be replicated, adapted to new local contexts, scaled, and sustained
The European Commission has opened an online consultation (ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Deforestation_Impact_Assessment) to ask the public which measures the EU should take to address the EU’s role in deforestation. The consultation is open until 10 December 2020
ICYMI -- A report on sustainable infrastructure in the Amazon was published by CSIS in October, along with country case studies on Peru, Colombia, and Brazil
A brand new report co-authored by the AFi and CDP 'Disclosure for a deforestation-free supply chain' provides a baseline analysis of company performance against the core principles of the accountability framework. This report uses data disclosed to CDP by 411 companies in 2019, providing an opportunity to understand how many of the companies that produce and source agricultural and forest commodities were performing before the launch of the Framework.