India, May 9 -- State regulation and community-led initiatives could offer better pathways for effective forest governance, the report at UN Forum on Forests suggests

A United Nations report has warned that the "climatisation" of forests, driven by market-oriented approaches to carbon sequestration, has reduced their role to mere carbon sinks.

The report also points out that this shift in focus is undermining the value of forests as complex ecosystems and diminishing their diverse social functions and intrinsic ecological roles in the process.

The report will be released on the last day of the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19), marking the first global synthesis report on international forest governance in 14...