Tropical Forests Mobilizing Science-based Action for Critical Tropical Forest Biomes

Over 1.6 billion people depend on forests for food or fuel, and almost 150 million people worldwide — including many Indigenous communities — call forests home. Yet, forest biomes around the world are facing critical tipping points as a result of deforestation, degradation, and criminality.

The SDSN works to ensure science-based policymaking and solutions design for critical forest biomes across the world — including the Amazon, the Congo Basin, Borneo, and Southeast Asia — by highlighting science and data-based recommendations and encouraging technological innovation, combined with Indigenous and local knowledge, to guide decision-making and conservation efforts.