The Forest Declaration Assessment is a comprehensive, civil society-led effort to assess collective progress toward global forest goals.
The Forest Declaration Assessment annually publishes rigorously researched and peer-reviewed progress assessment reports on the state of global forests. Our critical, evidence-based analyses highlight the gaps and point to solutions to overcome inertia, countervailing economic forces, and other barriers to progress.
The information that the Forest Declaration Assessment collects and publishes every year supports planning to ensure that 2030 forests goals can be met through a coordinated and collaborative effort of governments, corporations, and civil society.
Since 2023, the annual progress reports are supported by the Forest Declaration Dashboard. Developed in collaboration with Systems Change Lab, the Forest Declaration Dashboard presents the findings of the Assessment in an interactive format that allows users to explore the data “beyond the headlines” and provides users with readily available and easily digestible information on progress toward 2030 goals.
Coordinated and convened by Climate Focus, the Forest Declaration Assessment brings together a strong and diverse group of research organizations, think tanks, NGOs, and advocacy groups spanning the globe now known as the Forest Declaration Assessment Partners. The network also works closely with external collaborators from academia, multilateral institutions, and governments.
