India, Nov. 6 -- Brazil's COP30 Presidency has released a global roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, ahead of COP31.

Global deforestation has slowed to 10.9 million hectares annually, but tropical forests accounted for 88% of forest loss between 1990 and 2025.

The roadmap warns that 10-47% of Amazonian forests could face overlapping environmental disturbances by 2050, potentially triggering major ecological changes.

Protected areas and Indigenous territories play a crucial role in forest conservation, with deforestation rates around 41% lower in protected areas than in comparable unprotected regions.

Annual forest investment must more than triple from $84.5 billion in 2023 to over $300 billion by ...