Share of managed area under water protection methods and erosion control

Unit

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

Indicator

: Area sustainably managed

Metric type

: Response

Framework alignment notes

SFI Objective 3: Protection and Maintenance of Water Resources, PM 3.2

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

SASB RR-FM-160a.4

GRI 101, GRI 303-1

ESRS E4-5

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

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

Boreal SFMI 4.1 Area and percent of forest whose designation or land management objective is to protect soil or water resources

FSC 9.1 The Organization shall assess and record the presence, status and likelihood of occurrence of High Conservation Values in the Management Unit, through a process that includes engagement with affected stakeholders, experts and Indigenous Peoples

CCFM SFMI 3.2 Rate of compliance with locally applicable road construction (...) standards

Forest Europe SFMI 5.1 Protective Forests

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 implement water protection and erosion control measures across [target percentage]% of harvested areas by [target year], aligned with site-specific risk assessments and forest management plans.

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

Scale

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

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Share of managed area under water protection methods and erosion control

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

Protect water bodies

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies

Share of managed area under water protection methods and erosion control

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

Protect water bodies

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies

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.