Forest damaged area (and share) (by abiotic and by biotic factors)

Unit

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

Indicator

: Ecosystem condition

Metric type

: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

Forest, Pulp and Paper C5.0

8.2 Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality

101 Biodiversity 101-5 The organization shall: report the location and size in hectares of its sites with the most significant impacts on biodiversity

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

Forests F1.6 Has your organization experienced any detrimental forests-related impacts?

Land 1.5 Total area (ha) and percentage (%) of natural ecosystems in the landscape that are currently degraded

3.1: Area and percent of forest affected by processes or agents such as fire, insects, diseases, and other disturbances

8.2 The Organization shall monitor the implementation of its management plan, including its policies and procedures, its progress with the activities planned, and the achievement of its verifiable targets

2.3 Area of forest disturbed by fire, insects, disease, and timber harvest

2.4 Forest Damage

Target example

[Company name] will restore [target amount, in absolute ha, or percentage] of damaged forest area in [target location(s)] 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

Additional information

Biome: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal

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

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Forest damaged area (and share) (by abiotic and by biotic factors)

Framework alignment notes

Target example

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

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