India, June 10 -- Only eight of the 20 countries with the most tropical deforestation have set targets to reduce tree cover loss in their national targets

Time is running out to protect the world's forests as countries that have promised to halt deforestation by 2030 have not implemented necessary actions, a United Nations report released on June 10, 2024, warned.

Global leaders committed to halt deforestation and reverse forest loss by 2030, as per the Forest Declaration Assessment 2023.

But Raising ambition, accelerating action: Towards enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for forests noted major gaps in forest protection, management and restoration in terms of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

The document also fou...