Area (and share) of forest (breakdown by forest type)
Unit
:Hectares (ha) and Percentage (%) (as part of total area owned, leased or managed)
Indicator
:Forest structure
Metric Type
:State
Frameworks alignment notes
Objective 1: Forest Management Planning, PM 1.1
6.2.2 Management plans shall take into account the different uses or functions of the managed forest area
101 Biodiversity
101-7
E4-4
Forests
F1.3 Provide details on the land area you control and/or manage that is used for the production of your disclosed commodity(ies).
Criterion 1.5: Monitoring and evaluation of forestry policy implementation
1.1.a Extent of area by forest type relative to total forest area
Indicator 1.6
6.1 The Organization shall assess environmental values in the Management Unit and those values outside the Management Unit potentially affected by management activities. Assessments shall include landscape-level considerations as well as the impacts of the management activities
1.1.1 Area of forest, by type and age class, and wetlands in each ecozone
1.1 Forest Area
Target example
[Company name] will [maintain or increase] the area (and share) of forests in [target location(s)] by [target amount, in absolute ha, or percentage] by [target year] compared to a [baseline year] baseline.
Target Source: WBCSD target template
Sector
Forest
Value chain stage
Raw Materials
Metric assessment
Relevance:
Medium
Feasibility:
High
Related Actions
Restore areas of significant biodiversity value within or adjacent to operations
Restore areas of significant carbon value
Reduce climate change-induced pressures
Optimize land use
Avoid deforestation in direct operations and value chain
Avoid establishing operations in / adjacent to areas of significant biodiversity value
Additional Info
Biome: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal
Type of Forest: Plantation, Other Planted forest, Semi-natural forest, Naturally regenerative managed forest
Scale: Landscape, Forest management unit (FMU), Forest stand