On the one hand, researchers argue that global governance in forestry is fragmented and ineffective. On the other hand, some argue that global forestry governance is key to reducing forest loss related to climate change issues. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression for a sample of 155 nations, this research tests the association between one type of global governance, the number of ratifications of environmental treaties that include obligations to reduce forest loss for each nation, and forest loss from 2001 to 2014. As a whole, it appears that despite a lack of unification of multilateral environmental treaties that address forest loss and the absence of a global forestry convention, multilateral forestry treaties are effective at reducing forest loss. While there are several important programs and initiatives from global forestry governance treaties impact forest loss, the effect is relatively small compared to other factors.

一方面，研究人员认为，全球林业治理支离破碎且无效。另一方面，有人认为全球林业治理是减少与气候变化问题有关的森林流失的关键。本研究使用155个国家的样本的普通最小二乘（OLS）回归，测试了一种全球治理，批准环境条约的数量（包括减少每个国家的森林损失的义务）与2001年以来的森林损失之间的联系。到2014年。总体而言，尽管缺乏解决森林流失的多边环境条约的统一以及缺乏全球林业公约，但多边林业条约在减少森林流失方面仍然有效。