Paris: Civil Society groups and academics on Thursday urged the governments to take real steps towards fulfilling a stalled pledge to end the deforestation before this year’s United Nations Climate Summit in Amazon, Brazil.
According to an assessment by a comprehensive alliance of forest-based activists and research groups in October, more than six million hectares (14.8 million acres) in 2023, in 2023, there was an area equivalent to nine million football pitch.
Forest -declaration assessmentAs the coalition is known, leaders said that leaders should progress on reversing this trend before calling for COP30 in Amazonian city of Belem in November.
“In 2025, governments should take adventure action to go on track,” a coalition, think tanks and forest research bodies of about 40 non-governmental organizations said in a document underlining policy proposals.
These can be difficult laws for conservation of environmental regions, or can prevent some $ 470 billion spent on agricultural subsidy damaging forests.
Other recommendations included greater participation of indigenous people in forest conservation, and overall efforts to place forests on the global climate and environmental agenda were promoted.
The latter may get a boost under the COP30 Chairman Andre Korea Do Lago, an experienced climatic dialogue, who said that Brazil will underline “the extraordinary role already played by the forests”.
Alliance also called Multilateral development bank To increase borrowings for forest protection and permanent rural programs.
This may involve restructuring or cancellation of public debt for re -investment in nature conservation and ensure that developing countries generally have encouragement that they need.
“To achieve these goals, donor countries should provide adequate financial assistance to encourage forest countries and reverse the loss of forest and ecosystem,” the report said.
