4PLANET IMPACT / ISSUE

Deforestation

Conversion and loss of natural forest can reduce habitat, biodiversity and carbon stocks.

Why it matters

Forest loss changes living systems and carbon storage, but forest-cover loss is not automatically the same thing as deforestation.

What the sources establish

Deforestation is a distinct form of forest loss, and changes in forest extent and condition need to be interpreted with their drivers and forest type.
Source: https://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment/past-assessments/fra-2025/en

Projects working on it

Acarai–Rupununi Corridor Protection Proposal — Rainforest Trust, Guyana; proposed Acarai–Rupununi conservation corridor
Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact — Pact for the Restoration of the Atlantic Forest, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Organisations

Known and not established

Forest-cover loss and deforestation are not interchangeable; drivers and forest type must be established.
This issue record is source-grounded context, not proof that any particular project, action or intervention is effective.

Sources

fao.org

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Approaches associated with this problem

Landscape connectivity restoration — Restore and manage habitat across a connected landscape used by wildlife and communities.

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