Area (and share) of soil degraded by logging activities

Unit

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

Indicator

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: Soil loss and degradation

Metric type

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: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

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TNFD Forest, Pulp and Paper A5.0 Eosystem condition / extent: Quantitative measurement of change to ecosystem condition and extent in priority locations the organisation depends or impacts on
SFI Objective 2: Forest Health and Productivity, PM2.3
PEFC 8.5 Maintenance or appropriate enhancement of protective functions in forest management (notably soil and water)
GRI 101-7-a-i The organization shall (i.e. sites with the most significant impacts on biodiversity) report the following information on affected or potentially affected ecosystems: i. the ecosystem type for the base year; ii. the ecosystem size in hectares for the base year; iii. the ecosystem condition for the base year and the current reporting period
ESRS E4-5 The undertaking shall report metrics related to its material impacts resulting in biodiversity and ecosystem change.
CDP Forests F6.10b Provide details of your engagement with landscape/jurisdictional approaches to sustainable land use during the reporting year.//State the achievements of your engagement so far, and how progress is monitored
SBTN: Land 1.14 Soil Erosion - tons of soil loss per hr/year
ITTO Africa SFMI Criterion 3.2: Soil and water resources are protected
Boreal SFMI 4.2.b Area and percent of forest land with significant soil erosion
FSC 6.3 The Organization shall maintain and/or enhance the diversity and composition of species, habitats, ecosystems and ecological processes through management activities
Forest Europe SFMI 2.4 Forest Damage

Target example
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[Company name] will reduce the area of soil degraded by logging activities in [target location(s)] by [target amount, in absolute ha, or percentage] in [target year] compared to a [baseline year] baseline.

Target source: WBCSD target template

Sector

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Forest

Value chain stage

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Raw Materials

Metric assessment

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Relevance: High

Feasibility: High

Additional information

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Biome

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: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal

Type of Forest

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

Scale

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

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