Against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the pledge of 140 countries to eliminate forest loss by 2030 and to support restoration and sustainable forestry, the 2022 edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) explores the potential of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling multidimensional planetary crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss. The three interrelated pathways are halting deforestation and maintaining forests; restoring degraded lands and expanding agroforestry; and sustainably using forests and building green value chains. The balanced, simultaneous pursuit of these pathways can generate sustainable economic and social benefits for countries and their rural communities, help sustainably meet increasing global demand for materials, and address environmental challenges. The State of the World’s Forests 2022 presents evidence on the feasibility and value of these pathways and outlines initial steps that could be taken to further pursue them. There is no time to lose – action is needed now to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5 °C, reduce the risk of future pandemics, ensure food security and nutrition for all, eliminate poverty, conserve the planet’s biodiversity and offer young people hope of a better world and a better future for all.
Chapter 1. Can forests and trees provide means for recovery and inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies? -- Chapter 2. Forests and trees provide vital goods and ecosystem services but are undervalued in economic systems -- Chapter 3. Three interrelated forest pathways could contribute to green recovery and a transition to sustainable economies -- Chapter 4. Viable options exist for scaling up investment in the forest pathways - with potentailly considerable benefits -- Chapter 5. Smallholders, local communities and indigenous peoples are crucial for scaling up implementation of the forest pathways -- Chapter 6. The forest pathways - a means for green recovery and resilient economies?

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-141).

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