Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, said it best in Rio: "Individually both governments and business have already mobilised significant resources to address the challenge of deforestation, but we all recognise that much more can be achieved if we align our efforts and work in partnership".
One of the consequences of deforestation and a major challenge in conservation biology is habitat fragmentation (Zipperer 1993; Dixo et al. 2009; Rueda et al. 2013).
The goal of reducing deforestation, however, presents major challenges.
These methods are not guaranteed, however, because of the constant threat of deforestation and the fiscal challenges farmers face.
Forest Trends was created in 1998 to address the urgent challenges of deforestation and ecosystem degradation globally.
Meanwhile on Borneo Island, the lucrative global demand for palm oil is implicated in the nation's growing deforestation and wildlife management challenges.
Deforestation is posing a similar challenge.
Projects include the "Billion Tree Tsunami" – which has been accepted under the global Bonn Challenge to slow deforestation rates.
Their populations, for the most part, are not afflicted with widespread hunger and severe poverty, and to the extent their governments are worried about water scarcity, deforestation, pollution or other environmental challenges, declining fertility is a boon, not a burden.
This year, 14 tropical forest nations signed up to the Lima Challenge, committing to eliminate deforestation by 2030 (pdf) if they can get some outside help in absorbing the costs, which is now happening.
