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Forest protection: why national climate plans are insufficient

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Published: June 11th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

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Rainforest in Brazil: The country has recently been able to reduce its deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest.

The goals and measures embedded in the NDCs are not enough to stop and reverse deforestation by 2030. This is the conclusion of a UN-REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program report presented on Monday at the SB60 interim conference in Bonn. The report analyzed NDCs submitted between 2017 and 2021 by the 20 countries most responsible for tropical forest deforestation. None of these countries have included sufficient forest protection measures in their NDCs. Only eight of the 20 countries have quantified targets for reducing deforestation, while eleven have at least qualitative goals. Mexico, however, has set an adaptation goal to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2030.

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