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Guyana among 30 countries with quantified forest restoration commitments
– FAO says in new state of the forest report
(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is among just 30 countries globally that have provided quantified restoration commitments in their national targets and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) State of the World’s Forests 2026 report.
The report, which examines global efforts to restore degraded forests and landscapes, lists Guyana alongside countries including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Panama, South Africa and the United Kingdom as countries that provided an absolute figure for restoration in their national biodiversity plans.
The FAO report said although additional countries had provided restoration commitments, only 30 supplied an absolute number in their national targets and NBSAPs. The commitments form part of a broader global push to restore degraded forests and landscapes amid growing concerns over deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change.
Guyana is among just 30 countries globally that have provided quantified restoration commitments in their national targets and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Guyana also receives a specific mention in the report’s assessment of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), with the FAO identifying mangrove conservation as one of the environmental co-benefits targeted through restoration-related commitments. The report groups Guyana with the Bahamas, Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe and Senegal among countries whose NDCs highlight mangrove conservation.
The FAO report noted that restoration commitments are reported through several international frameworks, including national biodiversity strategies, NDCs, land degradation neutrality targets and the Bonn Challenge. It cautioned, however, that commitments reported under the various frameworks are not directly comparable because they can cover different ecosystems and are based on different reporting requirements and data availability.
The report said 153 countries and areas responded in the 2025 Global Forest Resources Assessment as having forest restoration commitments, although not all provided quantitative estimates. Of those, 91 reported quantitative estimates.
Globally, the FAO said restoration commitments reported through the different frameworks varied substantially, with the largest totals reported under land degradation neutrality and NDCs. The report describes forest and landscape restoration as a means of recovering ecological functionality while improving human well-being, and stresses that restoration involves more than simply planting trees, incorporating approaches such as natural regeneration, agroforestry and improved land management.
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