The New York Declaration on Forests is a partnership of governments, multinational companies, civil society and indigenous peoples who strive to halve deforestation by 2020 and to end it by 2030.
The NYDF outlines ten ambitious global targets related to protecting and restoring forests, which, if realized, have the potential to reduce annual carbon emissions by 4.5 to 8.8 billion tonnes of CO2 - equivalent to the annual emissions of the United States.
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NYDF Assessment Goal 10 Report launched
Every year, the NYDF Assessment Partners, an independent network of civil society groups and research institutions, publish an NYDF Progress Assessment Report. Each year, the partners provide a status update on each goal while going in-depth on a subset of those goals. The 2018 focus report covers Goal 10: strengthening forest governance, transparency, and the rule of law, while also empowering communities and recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, especially those pertaining to their lands and resources...
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NYDF Forests & Finance Event: Shifting Private Sector Finance to Accelerate Forest Action
On the margins of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Global Platform for the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) hosted a lively and interactive dialogue on Forests and Finance: shifting private sector finance to accelerate forest action. The event was held on September 27, 2018, at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations...
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4 days ago
Smart government policy is vital to addressing #ClimateChange. 🌡
#Business leaders should be pushing for a price on #carbon, which many agree is our best bet for reducing carbon #emissions.
Here are 8 more actions for companies to protect #nature 🌿:
https://t.co/txQq75CpT1 https://t.co/TfhNM6euMN
Smart government policy is vital to addressing #ClimateChange. 🌡
#Business leaders should be pushing for a price on #carbon, which many agree is our best bet for reducing carbon #emissions.
Here are 8 more actions for companies to protect #nature 🌿:
https://t.co/txQq75CpT1 https://t.co/TfhNM6euMN
4 days ago
🆕 publication from @FAOForestry : “Valuing #forest ecosystem services”
— a training manual that aims to help policymakers understand #ecosystem services and their valuation , using case studies from #Bangladesh.
PDF available here: https://t.co/biWCXQOo3c https://t.co/SOF9lSFQqJ
🆕 publication from @FAOForestry : “Valuing #forest ecosystem services”
— a training manual that aims to help policymakers understand #ecosystem services and their valuation , using case studies from #Bangladesh.
PDF available here: https://t.co/biWCXQOo3c https://t.co/SOF9lSFQqJ
5 days ago
A future without #ValentinesDay 💝chocolates?
Scientists believe that by 2050 cocoa farming production could be devastated by #ClimateChange.
Here is what companies like #NYDF endorser @MDLZ are doing to create sustainable #cocoa supply chains.
https://t.co/fxj38wVrKY https://t.co/ksNEJKv7c6
A future without #ValentinesDay 💝chocolates?
Scientists believe that by 2050 cocoa farming production could be devastated by #ClimateChange.
Here is what companies like #NYDF endorser @MDLZ are doing to create sustainable #cocoa supply chains.
https://t.co/fxj38wVrKY https://t.co/ksNEJKv7c6
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