Forest Conservation Funding Gap

Two reports released by the United Nations Environment Programme indicate that to protect the world’s high-risk tropical forests, annual investment must triple to $300 billion by 2030 and reach $498 billion by 2050. However, the current funding gap stands at $216 billion per year. These forests prevent 2.3 million tons of nitrogen pollution and 527 million tons of sediment from entering rivers annually, averting $81 billion in disaster losses.