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This report provides analysis which estimates relative cost, biodiversity intactness and species extinctions between ‘immediate’ and ‘delayed-action’ scenarios, each of which reaches a similar biodiversity outcome by 2050.

Companies play a key role in ending deforestation because their revenues depend on commodities that cause it. As a key source of demand for these commodities, they are also able to influence how they are produced and drive change at scale. In order to increase the scale and speed to end deforestation, right mix of solutions is needed - with collaboration and transparency at the heart of it. Ambitious collective action on deforestation is needed to achieve global climate goals, curb biodiversity loss and manage pandemic risks.

This policy brief uses a novel approach to assess and understand the risks faced by Financial Institutions (FIs) and Forest Risk Commodity (FRC) producers from climate and land use change. The analysis highlights the most influential intervention points to minimize risks, which also contribute to decoupling forest and climate change risk from economic growth.

In order to support developing countries in moving towards a more solid institutional setting, this paper provides a basis for understanding the importance of institutionalising an National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) within each country, particularly from a legal, financial and capacity-building perspective.

The causes, pace and magnitude of deforestation and forest degradation have changed over time. The way that different causes of deforestation link together and the effects they have on forests varies across regions. Globally, a multitude of approaches have been implemented to halt deforestation and forest degradation. While progress has been made in halting forest loss and degradation, both continue at alarming rates.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of deforestation connecting drivers and responses globally by taking a closer look at 24 “deforestation fronts” – places that have a significant concentration of deforestation hotspots and where large areas of remaining forests are under threat. Over 43 million hectares were lost in these fronts between 2004 and 2017, an area roughly the size of Morocco.