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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2 days ago
New #publication from @worldresources
“SPATIAL DATABASE OF PLANTED TREES (SDPT)” aims to spatially differentiate plantation #forests of crops (like palm or #cocoa) from natural & semi-natural #forests on a global scale.
https://t.co/OHCtjOCPw6 https://t.co/s7LFrsTH9g
New #publication from @worldresources
“SPATIAL DATABASE OF PLANTED TREES (SDPT)” aims to spatially differentiate plantation #forests of crops (like palm or #cocoa) from natural & semi-natural #forests on a global scale.
https://t.co/OHCtjOCPw6 https://t.co/s7LFrsTH9g
3 days ago
WATCH: @nature_org’s efforts in #Brazil’s Mantiqueira Mountains demonstrate that reforestation can be a lucrative business for rural farmers while also fighting #climatechange.
#IntlForestDay https://t.co/tuUqIu1jjQ
WATCH: @nature_org’s efforts in #Brazil’s Mantiqueira Mountains demonstrate that reforestation can be a lucrative business for rural farmers while also fighting #climatechange.
#IntlForestDay https://t.co/tuUqIu1jjQ
4 days ago
“Without the #forest, it is impossible to have water, and without water, life does not exist.” Explore the interconnection of these two natural resources with @nature_org:
https://t.co/CWd4040dgq
#IntlForestDay #WorldWaterDay https://t.co/W3l3f9Gvs7
“Without the #forest, it is impossible to have water, and without water, life does not exist.” Explore the interconnection of these two natural resources with @nature_org:
https://t.co/CWd4040dgq
#IntlForestDay #WorldWaterDay https://t.co/W3l3f9Gvs7
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