15.2.1 Proportion of forest area located within legally established protect areas

15.2.1 Proportion of forest area located within legally established protect areas

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.

The change in forest area within legally protected areas is a proxy for trends in conservation of forest biodiversity as well as cultural and spiritual values of forests and thus a clear indication of the political will to protect and conserve forests. This indicator is related to the CBD Aichi Target 11.

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.

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Republic of Serbia

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization

Annual

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