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Thus, lock-ins maintain particular worldviews and the unsustainability of current practices and their governance.

These ‘lock-ins’ constitute path-dependent processes supported by the alignment of actors, materialities and practices with vested interests in system preservation and growth (Arthur, Reference Arthur1989 Hughes, Reference Hughes, Bijker, Hughes and Pinch1987). These five myths are associated with five types of ‘lock-in’ that form part of a broader ideological framework based on power dynamics. We identify five persistent myths in forest governance: (1) states manage forests independently for societal benefit (2) sustainable forest management is threatened by small-scale farmers and people seeking a living on the forest margins (3) markets are the solution to deforestation and forest degradation (4) what is counted – through valuation – counts and (5) sustainable forest governance initiatives currently ‘include’ local communities in decision-making. What sustains hegemonic practices associated with forest governance and what can be done to challenge them? Given the current debates around the potential of forests to address the climate crisis (Bastin et al., Reference Bastin, Finegold, Garcia, Mollicone, Rezende, Routh, Zohner and Crowther2019 Lewis et al., Reference Lewis, Mitchard, Prentice, Maslin and Poulter2019 Veldman et al., Reference Veldman, Aleman, Alvarado, Anderson, Archibald, Bond and de Sá Dechoum2019), it is timely and necessary to reflect on what we know already and how forest governance is locked-in by discursive, institutional and material expressions of power premised upon an historical colonial legacy that enables private investments in forest lands and the exploitation of forest resources around the world. The combination of meaningful alternatives that would transform forest governance is increasingly unclear.

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Nonetheless, conventional approaches to governing forests predominantly focus on establishing and protecting private property rights, creating markets and mobilizing private finance, and they fail to effectively – and equitably – address the underlying drivers of deforestation. The SDGs underscore the importance of interconnectivity and holistic strategies for more sustainable forest governance. In the context of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is increasing emphasis on technologies and approaches that raise ambitions for the sustainable governance of forests.