Despite their obvious value, forests have been steadily razed for
decades to make space for agriculture and animal grazing, and to obtain wood for fuel, manufacturing, and construction. In the absence of a global treaty, a polycentric governance system has emerged highlighting three key trends in forest governance: deforestation
commitments, carbon offsets, and forest restoration.
The latest
Still Only One Earth policy brief shares that if lessons from past failures on reducing deforestation can be learned, forest protection could play a major role in reversing both climate change
and biodiversity loss.
Read
the brief
