After a hard week, #UNFF19 delegates adopted a declaration signalling high-level commitment to forests. plus an omnibus resolution that reviewed the effectiveness of the International Arrangement on Forests and set the mandate for future actions to reverse deforestation and forest degradation.
The UN Forum on.Forests adopted a high-level declaration recommitting countries to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation and prevent land degradation by 2030.
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A High-Level Segment at #UNFF19 focused on the role of forests in combating climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation
Meanwhile, negotiators toiled unsuccessfully to finalize texts of the declaration to be endorsed by top officials and the omnibus resolution to be adopted by the Forum
Delegates at #UNFF19 worked Wednesday to finalize the high-level declaration and omnibus resolution, but could not find consensus.
Small contact groups were scheduled to meet Wednesday night and Thursday morning to resolve outstanding issues, including deforestation drivers and technology transfer.
All-day #UNFF19 talks on the draft High-Level Declaration and omnibus resolution solved some issues. Outstanding issues include:
• drivers of deforestation
• #forestry funding
• bioeconomy
• references to Indigenous People and gender
• strengthening the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
After reports on initiatives on forest fires and developing a Model Forest Act, #UNFF19 delegates began negotiating a declaration and an omnibus resolution that includes provisions on the Mid-Term Review of the International Arrangement on Forests.
