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 biodiversity value within or adjacent to operations

Description

Restore areas of significant carbon value

Restore areas of significant carbon value

Description

Reduce climate change-induced pressures

Reduce climate change-induced pressures

Description

Optimize land use

Optimize land use

Description

Avoid deforestation in direct operations and value chain

Avoid deforestation in direct operations and value chain

Description

Avoid establishing operations in / adjacent to areas of significant biodiversity value

Avoid establishing operations in / adjacent to areas of significant biodiversity value

Description

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