The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has aggravated the challenges faced by countries in managing their forests, as per a recent United Nations report ‘Global Forest Goals Report 2021’.
|
Country |
Official objective as reported by countries |
|
Australia |
Plant 20 million trees by 2020 and a billion plantation trees by 2030 |
|
Brazil |
Increase planted area by two million hectares (ha) |
|
Bulgaria |
No decrease in forested area allowed |
|
Côte d’Ivoire |
Increase forest cover to 20 per cent by 2030 |
|
India |
Add 200,00 ha of forests and tree cover per year |
|
Jamaica |
No net forest loss |
|
Japan |
Maintain 25 million ha of forest |
|
Kenya |
Increase tree cover to 10 per cent |
|
Madagascar |
Restore four million ha by 2030 |
|
Myanmar |
Increase forest cover to 30 per cent |
|
New Zealand |
Plant one billion trees between 2018-2028 |
|
Nigeria |
Increase forest cover from 6 to 25 per cent by 2030 |
|
Panama |
Restore one million ha between 2015-2035 |
|
Philippines |
Rehabilitate 1.5 million ha of denuded and degraded forestland |
|
Sri Lanka |
Increase forest cover to 32 per cent |
|
Suriname |
Preserve present level of forest cover at 93 per cent |
|
Thailand |
Increase forest cover to 55 per cent |
Verifying, please be patient.