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The State of the World’s Forests 2020

The State of the World’s Forests 2020
Forests, biodiversity and people
The State of the World’s Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people.

Resource information

Date of publication
June 2020
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
ISBN 978-92-5-132419-6; ISSN 1020-5705 [PRINT]; ISSN 2521-7542 [ONLINE]; https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8642en
Pages
214

As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage them, to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.


 


Forests cover just over 30 percent of the global land area, yet they provide habitat for the vast majority of the terrestrial plant and animal species known to science. Unfortunately, forests and the biodiversity they contain continue to be under threat from actions to convert the land to agriculture or unsustainable levels of exploitation, much of it illegal.


 


The State of the World’s Forests 2020 assesses progress to date in meeting global targets and goals related to forest biodiversity and examines the effectiveness of policies, actions and approaches, in terms of both conservation and sustainable development outcomes. A series of case studies provide examples of innovative practices that combine conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity to create balanced solutions for both people and the planet.

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