Balancing forests and development: Addressing infrastructure and extractive industries, promoting sustainable livelihoods

Large-scale, top down development projects threaten tropical forests and bring few benefits for local communities. Current levels of government, corporate, and financial transparency are not enough to halt harmful development. The 2020 NYDF Progress Assessment report assesses progress on global efforts to end forest loss from infrastructure, mining, and other extractive industries while supporting sustainable livelihoods for forest-dependent communities, smallholders, and small-scale miners.