15.2.1 Above-ground biomass stock in forest

15.2.1 Above-ground biomass stock in forest

15.2.1 Progress towards sustainable forest management

15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

The indicator is composed of five sub-indicators that measure progress towards all dimensions of sustainable forest management.

The sub-indicators are: 1. Annual forest area change rate; 2. Above-ground biomass in forest; 3. Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas, 4. Proportion of forest area under a long-term management plan; 5. Forest area under an independently verified forest management certification scheme.

Changes in the above-ground biomass stock in forest indicate the balance between gains in biomass stock due to forest growth and losses due to wood removals, natural losses, fire, wind, pests and diseases. Sustainable forest management would imply a stable or increasing biomass stock per hectare, while a long-term reduction of biomass stock per hectare would imply either unsustainable management of the forests and degradation or unexpected major losses due to fire, wind, pests or diseases.

National data on forest area, biomass stock, forest area within protected areas, and forest area under management plan are reported directly by countries to FAO for pre-established reference years. Based on the country reported data, FAO then makes country-level estimates of the forest area net change rate using the compound interest formula.

Tonnes per hectare

Republic of Serbia

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization

Annual

C150201

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-15-02-01.pdf