The Solutions-tree: halting deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
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The Solutions-tree is an evidence-based toolkit of solutions for halting deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation. It demonstrates how strengthening agriculture–forest linkages and addressing underlying drivers of forest loss can support climate, food security, biodiversity, and sustainable development objectives.Forests and trees provide essential ecosystem services that underpin agricultural productivity and performance, including water regulation, soil fertility, pollination, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, and livelihood support. At the same time, agricultural expansion remains a major driver of deforestation due to persistent competition for land. The Solutions-tree presents a logical and practical toolkit of solutions to address these challenges in an integrated manner. It highlights how reinforcing positive synergies between forests and agriculture can reduce trade-offs and support multiple policy objectives. Designed for policymakers, practitioners, and development partners, it offers a structured approach to navigating the complex relationships between drivers, solutions, and outcomes in the forest–agriculture nexus.Moving beyond a focus on proximate drivers, the Solutions-tree targets underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, such as weak land governance, poverty, institutional fragmentation, and increasing demand for agricultural commodities. It organizes a wide range of existing solutions into a coherent, systemic framework linking drivers and solutions to deforestation. The toolkit also serves as a knowledge repository and analytical instrument to support the design, review, and strengthening of national and subnational strategies and programmes aimed at halting deforestation while advancing sustainable agrifood systems.<p><b>Last updated date 24/02/2026</p></b>