Area (and share) of peatlands drainage

Unit

: Hectares (ha) and Percentage (%) (of drained peatland as part of total productive forest owned, leased or managed area)

Indicator

: Soil loss and degradation

Metric type

: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

ESRS E4-5

CDP 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).

ITTO Africa SFMI Criterion 3.2: Soil and water resources are protected

Target example
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An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

[Company name] will reduce and restore the area of drained peatland 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: High

Feasibility: High

Additional information

Biome

: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal

Type of Forest

: Plantation, Other Planted forest, Semi-natural forest, Naturally regenerative managed forest

Scale

: Forest stand, Forest management unit (FMU), Landscape

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Area (and share) of peatlands drainage

Framework alignment notes

Target example
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An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

Related actions

Protect areas of significant carbon value

Protect areas of significant biodiversity value within or adjacent to operations

Protect soil quality

Reduce climate change-induced pressures

Increase carbon removals and storage in soils and forests

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

Area (and share) of peatlands drainage

Framework alignment notes

Target example i An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

Related actions

Protect areas of significant carbon value

Protect areas of significant biodiversity value within or adjacent to operations

Protect soil quality

Reduce climate change-induced pressures

Increase carbon removals and storage in soils and forests

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

Target example
i

An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.