POLICY BRIEF - The role of forests in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

POLICY BRIEF The role of forests in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework • NOVEMBER 2022 The role of forests in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Summary The new global biodiversity framework, to be agreed under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), aims to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. [...] Forest-relevant targets and indicators under the new global biodiversity framework should align with, complement and set the right conditions to achieve existing 2030 forest commitments and goals such as under the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, the UN Strategic Plan for Forests, and the Bonn Challenge. [...] This would include the recognition of the land and tenure rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, their governance institutions and processes, and secure the full and equitable participation of forest- dependent communities in policy- and decision-making as well as an appropriate and adequate application of the right to a free prior and informed consent (FPIC). [...] Recognize and ensure the strong link between biodiversity and climate, to address the drivers of climate change and to embrace equitable and rights-based nature-based solutions as an opportunity to combat climate change Forests and ecosystems offer some of the best nature-based solutions to climate change. [...] When it comes to forests, the global biodiversity framework should encourage and reinforce the use of the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators and other indicators as identified for the Forest Declaration and the UN Global Forest Goals.