STATE OF THE RAINFOREST 2014
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Make forest protection an integral part of UN’s new sustainable
development goals, given the importance of forests for local and
global sustainable development;
Provide significant rewards to rainforest countries for protection
of natural forests and ecosystems;
Review plans for large-scale expansion of infrastructure, extractive
industries and other economic activities in rainforest regions to
ensure they do not threaten forest ecosystems and/or undermine
the rights of forest communities and indigenous peoples;
Combat forest crime through new regulations and increased law
enforcement efforts targeting the full enforcement chain from
customs control, investigation of money laundering and tax
fraud to prosecution and increased international collaboration;
Effectively regulate industries involved in rainforest destruction,
and support private sector actors that develop and implement
no-deforestation policies;
Establish policies and regulations to avoid investments in
companies and industries causing forest destruction;
National governments, both within their respective countries and collectively as the international community, should:
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Ensure that forest peoples’ collective rights to land and natural
resources are included in international and national development
plans, and respected in practice;
Consult and cooperate in good faith with indigenous peoples
in order to obtain their Free, Prior and Informed Consent in all
matters that affect them and their traditional lands and resources;
Work with forest communities and indigenous peoples in order
to meet their development aspirations and create sustainable
income opportunities compatible with the maintenance of forest
and their culture and traditions;
Improve global forest monitoring systems so that they effectively
distinguish between various forest types and plantations and
provide reliable information on forest cover and loss, including
degradation and fragmentation, globally and at country and
regional levels;
Ensure that definitions of forests adopted by international
institutions and countries distinguish between different forest
types and natural forests and plantations, to avoid misleading
reporting of forest cover and forest loss.
Recommendations – urgent actions required to reduce tropical deforestation
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