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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21 hours ago
New Report: “Integrating Natural Capital in Risk Assessments”
is a step-by-step guide for #finance institutions looking to better understand how #environmental change like #deforestation may affect their portfolios.
Download here: https://t.co/IgUSIMwMtK https://t.co/S6aGbp4BhZ
New Report: “Integrating Natural Capital in Risk Assessments”
is a step-by-step guide for #finance institutions looking to better understand how #environmental change like #deforestation may affect their portfolios.
Download here: https://t.co/IgUSIMwMtK https://t.co/S6aGbp4BhZ
5 days ago
New brief “Gendering #Climate Initiatives” presents results & recommendations to address #gender in #REDD+ initiatives based on @CIFOR study across 6 countries: #Brazil, Cameroon, #Indonesia, #Peru, Tanzania and Vietnam.
Read here: https://t.co/PLFUW4Ew5J
#Deforestation https://t.co/oMD66GC0Rn
New brief “Gendering #Climate Initiatives” presents results & recommendations to address #gender in #REDD+ initiatives based on @CIFOR study across 6 countries: #Brazil, Cameroon, #Indonesia, #Peru, Tanzania and Vietnam.
Read here: https://t.co/PLFUW4Ew5J
#Deforestation https://t.co/oMD66GC0Rn
6 days ago
A major theme of the @GlobalLF Bonn 2018 event was the importance of #Business & #Finance in facilitating #Sustainable Agricultural #SupplyChains, mitigating up to 70% of global #deforestation.
Download the event outcome statement for more insights: https://t.co/J56Rgnkpj1 https://t.co/i4WtuLSVnh
A major theme of the @GlobalLF Bonn 2018 event was the importance of #Business & #Finance in facilitating #Sustainable Agricultural #SupplyChains, mitigating up to 70% of global #deforestation.
Download the event outcome statement for more insights: https://t.co/J56Rgnkpj1 https://t.co/i4WtuLSVnh
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