The 2020 deforestation targets, why they were missed, and the steps needs to radically change performance

Five years ago, companies and governments signed up to the New York Declaration on Forests, committing to eliminate deforestation from agricultural supply chains by 2020. In a recent report (Rogerson, S., 2019. Forest 500 annual report 2018 – the countdown to 2020, Global Canopy: Oxford, UK. Lead author: Sarah Rogerson, contributing authors and reviewers: Helen…