The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has launched the Joint Call to Action for Forests towards 2030.
CPF is a partnership of 16 global organisations chaired by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
They aim to highlight the need for increased action and political commitment to implement forest solutions in pursuit of the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The Call to Action for Forests Towards 2030 has four focal areas:
Implementation and action;
Data, science and innovation;
Finance for forests; and
Communication and awareness-raising.
The world has lost 420 million hectares of forest through deforestation since 1990.
The rate slowed from 12 million hectares per year during 2010-2015 to 10 million hectares per year during 2015-2020.