source (1, 176 Gg CO2 eq) in 2015 to net GHG sink. (-8,284 Gg CO2 eq) by 2030 to mitigate emissions. from other sector. This will be achieved by a 25 percent reduction in. both the area of annual deforestation and annual. degradation against 2015 levels (equating to a. reduction of 8,300 ha of annual deforestation and. 43,300ha of degradation) as well as an increase in.