Report “International Forest Governance”

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), a non-profit organization, recently released the report “International Forest Governance”.

• Earlier, in the 19^th United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), the draft on the significance of forests in fighting climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation were discussed.

About the report:

• The report is the first global synthesis on International Forest Governance (IFG) since 2010, summarizing significant developments in IFG post-2010.

Key highlights from the report include:

• According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the global rate of deforestation has decreased from approximately 13 million hectares per year in 2010 to about 10 million hectares per year in 2020.
• There are numerous overlapping international forest-related agreements, institutions, and processes, which cause complexity, inefficiencies, conflicts, and contradictions.
• The urgent need to address the climate crisis has shifted focus towards short-term economic gains rather than long-term sustainable practices, a phenomenon known as the “climatization of forests”, involving commodification of forests for their carbon sequestration potential and carbon market mechanisms.
• The role of community-led and philanthropic financing mechanisms has been limited.

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