Forest Trends Impact Report 2024
A Rainbow of Solutions
View PublicationNext year, we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Forest Trends. We find ourselves reflecting on the journey we’ve been on. In some ways, we’ve made amazing progress, and in other respects, not nearly enough.
We are still living in an economic system that puts us on a dead-end path — extracting natural resources like there’s no tomorrow, taking faster than natural resources can be replenished, and leaving little for future generations who will also depend on a healthy planet. We need to shift to a new way of doing things when it comes to how the market interacts with nature’s values and the people who steward them wisely. When it comes to the economy and nature, the default relationship needs to be synergy, not extraction. This will give us a lasting economy powered by protecting nature instead of destroying it.
One of our peers at the World Water Forum in Indonesia this May put it so well: we need a “rainbow of solutions” to address the climate crisis. We’ll also need a rainbow of actors, perspectives, and funding sources. We are thrilled by all Forest Trends achieved in 2024. We are even more energized by what we can all do together in 2025 to grow and expand the rainbow of solutions we have at our disposal to address the climate crisis.