Forestry indicators
For information on Forest Europe (previously the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, MCPFE) and Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) see the links in International returns.
Other indicators
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests established a portal in 2006 hosted by FAO, on streamlining forest-related reporting. This includes links to many global processes.
In 2006 the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development agreed a set of 96 indicators of sustainable development, including 50 core indicators. Guidelines and methodology sheets are available as a reference for countries to develop national indicators of sustainable development. The core indicators include proportion of land area covered by forests; the other indicators include percent of forest trees damaged by defoliation and area of forest under sustainable forest management.
The UN Environment Programme Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was conceived at Rio in 1992 as a practical tool for translating the principles of Agenda 21 into reality. It includes ongoing work to incorporate outcome-oriented targets.
Under the European Union Sustainable Development Strategy launched by EU leaders in Gothenburg in 2001, halting the loss of biodiversity in the EU by 2010 is a priority. An initiative was launched in 2004 to develop a set of indicators, under the title SEBI2010 - Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators. The work is performed in collaboration between EEA (the European Environment Agency), DG Environment of the European Commission, ECNC (the European Centre for Nature Conservation), UNEP/PEBLDS Secretariat with the lead of Czech Republic and UNEP-WCMC (the World Conservation Monitoring Centre). A Technical Report published in 2007 describes the 26 indicators, which include two indicators for forests (a) growing stock, increment and fellings and (b) deadwood.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has identified a core set of 37 environmental indicators, described in a guide published in April 2005. The set does not include any indicators specifically for woodland or forestry, although woodland birds are included in an indicator of species diversity, and woodland management can impact on other indicators.
- Other related international activity includes:
Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Forum on Forests
Millennium Development Goals
