CoAct Database

Protection of 400 Million Hectares of Forest

Within the initiative “Protection of 400 million hectares of forests by indigenous peoples”, a global coalition of indigenous peoples from the Amazon, Central America, the Congo Basin and Indonesia pledge to protect 400 million hectares of forests, in these regions

It is a political declaration that brings together governments, companies and civil society actors – including indigenous peoples organizations – with the common aim of halving the loss of natural forests by 2020, and striving to end it by 2030.

Summit/ Mobilisation process: UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit, New York (2014)

Activity period	2014–2016
Last CoAct update	2023
Web URL	http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/Protection_of_400_million_Hectares_of_Forests
Output effectiveness	0.00
Accountability Index	0.00
Inclusiveness Index	0.33
Num. actors	4
Functions	Technical implementation, Standards and norms, Campaigning, Lobbying, Participatory management
SDGs
Themes	land use
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Implementation countries	Ecuador, Indonesia

Target	Target type
Initiative aims to contribute to the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests target to reduce between 4.5 and 8.8 billion tons of carbon emissions every year	Emission reduction target
Protect 200 million hectares (Mha) of forest by 2020 and 400 million hectares (Mha) by 2030	Area target