Area (and share) of soil degraded by logging activities

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

Indicator : Soil loss and degradation

Metric Type : Pressure

Frameworks alignment notes

Forest, Pulp and Paper A 5.0 Eosystem condition / extent: Quantitative measurement of change to ecosystem condition and extent in priority locations the organisation depends or impacts on

Objective 2: Forest Health and Productivity, PM2.3

8.5 Maintenance or appropriate enhancement of protective functions in forest management (notably soil and water)

101 Biodiversity 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

E4-5 The undertaking shall report metrics related to its material impacts resulting in biodiversity and ecosystem change.

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

Land 1.14 Soil Erosion - tons of soil loss per hr/year

Criterion 3.2: Soil and water resources are protected

4.2.b Area and percent of forest land with significant soil erosion

6.3 The Organization shall maintain and/or enhance the diversity and composition of species, habitats, ecosystems and ecological processes through management activities

2.4 Forest Damage

Target example

[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

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

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Area (and share) of soil degraded by logging activities

Frameworks alignment notes

Target example

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

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