Jakarta – Recommendations in a recently launched U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report on global forests is in line with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) work said in a media advisory, Tuesday (3/5). The report launch coincided with the World Forestry Congress in Seoul, South Korea this week from 2-6 May.
CIFOR-ICRAF managing director Robert Nasi said that “although this latest report isn’t startling with regard to research, it details a course of action long promoted by CIFOR-ICRAF by providing a financial roadmap for policymakers and the private sector to follow.”
The recently launched FAO report on “2022 State of the World’s Forests” (SOFO) highlights that halting deforestation and maintaining forests could avoid significant greenhouse-gas emissions or about 14 percent of the reduction needed up to 2030 to keep planetary warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The study said that “trees and forests can help the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and its related economic aftershocks, in addition to combating climate change and biodiversity loss. Estimates indicate that more than half of the world’s gross domestic product – $84.4 trillion in 2020 – is dependent upon ecosystem services, including those provided by forests.”
CIFOR-ICRAF conducts research on forestry and agroforestry in developing countries to inform policy across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, has operating offices in the DRC, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru. CIFOR-ICRAF scientists will be presenting their latest research at the World Forestry Congress this week to discuss the state and future of world forestry trends. Complete agenda of the event can be found here.
