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UNEP report on Forests 2025
October 26 , 2025
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- The report titled “High-risk Forests, High-value Returns: A Co-benefits Assessment for Decision-makers” was released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- The report examines the global importance of conserving high-risk tropical forests covering about 391 million hectares.
- These forests face a high deforestation risk, but are essential for people and the planet.
- Protecting these forests prevents major carbon emissions and provides benefits like water and soil regulation, rainfall recycling, pollination, food security, and livelihoods for 25 million materially poor people.
- Conservation helps avoid an estimated US$81 billion in climate-related damages annually.
- Ecosystem services from these forests are critical for women and Indigenous Peoples, whose well-being depends on forest resources.
- The report advises integrating development and protection to balance agriculture, timber use, and conservation benefits.
- It provides spatial data to guide policymakers, investors, and governments on where to focus finance for maximum climate, biodiversity, and social returns.
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