Forest Declaration Assessment (FDA), established as New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) Progress Assessment in 2015, is a civil society-led effort to assess progress towards NYDF goals.
- NYDF was adopted in 2014 by an alliance of governments, companies, indigenous peoples and NGOs, and was endorsed at the 2014 Climate Summit.
- NYDF is voluntary in nature, has ten goals and has not been endorsed by India yet.
Eight Priority Actions in 2030 GFV
- Ambition: Integrate forest goals in national climate and biodiversity plans and in UNFCCC COP30 outcomes.
- Trade: Partner to promote legal and deforestation-, conversion- and degradation-free trade.
- Finance: Significantly scale up finance for forests in line with the Forest & Climate Leaders’ Statement on Forest Carbon Results-Based Payments and Credits, adopted in 2024.
- Rights: Secure the land rights of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Local Communities (LCs).
- Supervision: Governments and financial supervisors’ mandates should ensure that forest-related risks are sufficiently assessed, managed and mitigated by financial institutions.
- Subsidies: Repurpose subsidies that harm forests towards sustainable food systems transformation, bioeconomy transition and sustainable forest management.
- Governance: Strengthen governance in land-use sector, aligning them with global commitments.
- Debt: Increase fiscal flexibility in multilateral development finance by incorporating value of forest’s natural capital as assets in countries’ debt management.
