  {"id":117783,"date":"2026-05-07T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=117783"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:03:00","slug":"media-advisory-new-un-report-urges-accelerated-forest-action-before-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/05\/media-advisory-new-un-report-urges-accelerated-forest-action-before-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory | New UN report urges accelerated forest action before 2030\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-117784 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1704\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-150x18.png 150w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-200x24.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-400x48.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-600x73.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-768x93.png 768w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-800x97.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-1024x124.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-1080x131.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-1200x145.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM-1536x186.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-06-at-5.09.54-PM.png 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">MEDIA ADVISORY<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>New UN report urges accelerated forest action before 2030<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Forests, critical for livelihoods, biodiversity, resilience and climate stability, are under threat<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Press briefing live\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\/\">UN Web TV<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the start of this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forests.desa.un.org\/\">UN Forum on Forests<\/a>, the Âé¶¹APP will launch the<em> <strong>Global Forest Goals Report 2026<\/strong><\/em>, the latest global assessment of progress towards the six Global Forest Goals and 26 targets of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forests.desa.un.org\/documents\/united-nations-strategic-plan-forests-2017-2030\">Âé¶¹APP Strategic Plan for Forests 2017\u20132030<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With less than five years remaining to 2030, the report provides current evidence on progress, gaps and the urgent need to scale up action to halt deforestation, restore degraded lands and advance sustainable forest management. It underscores the critical role of forests in supporting climate stability, biodiversity, the livelihoods of over a billion people and the achievement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/\">the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on voluntary national reports and the latest forest-related global data, the report also identifies key gaps in finance, governance and data and sets out policy recommendations to accelerate action in the final years leading to 2030.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Press briefing to launch the <em>Global Forest Goals Report 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bj\u00f8rg Sandkj\u00e6r, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Juliette Biao, Director, Âé¶¹APP Forum on Forests Secretariat, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>Monday, 11 May 2026,12:45 pm EDT<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>UN Press Briefing Room at the UN Headquarters in New York, S-237<\/p>\n<p>Live on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report will be available on 11 May 2026, 12:45 pm EDT at <a href=\"https:\/\/forests.desa.un.org\/documents\/global-forest-goals-report-2026\">https:\/\/forests.desa.un.org\/documents\/global-forest-goals-report-2026<\/a> <strong>once the embargo has been lifted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharon Birch | UN Department of Global Communications |E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:birchs@un.org\">birchs@un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Helen Rosengren | UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs|E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rosengrenh@un.org\">rosengrenh@un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Daniela Sinobad| UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs|E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sinobad@un.org\">sinobad@un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY New UN report urges accelerated forest action before  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117786,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117783\/revisions\/117786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}