15.2.1 Proportion of forest area under a long term forest management plan

15.2.1 Proportion of forest area under a long term forest management plan

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.

Sub-indicator shows the forest area that is under a long-term forest management plan. The existence of a documented forest management plan is the basis for long term and sustainable management of the forest resources for a variety of management objectives such as for wood and non-wood forest products, protection of soil and water, biodiversity conservation, social and cultural use.

The proportion of forest area within protected area and under management plan is calculated using the reported areas for each reference year and the forest area for year 2015.

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Republic of Serbia

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization

Annual

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