F O R E S T S

Forest Resources

WORK AREA 1: DATA, MONITORING, REPORTING AND ASSESSMENT

40th Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics,

Economics and Management

22-23 March 2018, Geneva

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Sustainable Development Goals Indicators

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• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 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

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Indicator 15.1.1: Forest area as a proportion of total land area

15.1: By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements

http://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/indicators/en/.

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

5 – Forest area under an independently verified

forest management certification scheme

Indicator 15.2.1: Progress toward sustainable forest management

1 - Forest area annual net change rate

4 – Proportion of forest area under a long-term forest management plan

2 – Above-ground biomass stock in forest

3 – Proportion of forest area located within legally established

protected areas

Thematic element 1 - Extent of forest resources

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1. Forest area as a proportion of total

land area (T1)

2. Forest area annual net

change rate (T1)

3. Net GHG emissions (source)/removals (sink)

of forests, and carbon balance of harvested wood products (T2)

Thematic element 2 - Forest biological diversity

4. Proportion of forest area located within legally established

protected areas (T1)

5. Change in area of primary forests (T1)

Thematic element 3 - Forest health and vitality

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6. Proportion of forest area disturbed (T2)

7. Area of degraded forest (T3)

Thematic element 4 - Productive functions of forest resources

3. Net GHG emissions (source)/removals (sink) of

forests, and carbon balance of harvested wood products (T2)

8. Above-ground biomass stock in forest (T1)

9. Volume of wood removals (T1)

10. Wood based energy share of total final energy

consumption (T2)

Thematic element 5 - Protective function of forest resources

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11. Forest area with a designated management objective to maintain and enhance its protective functions (T1)

Thematic element 6 - Socio-economic functions of forest resources

12. Employment related to the forest sector (T2)

13. Number of forest dependent people in extreme poverty (T3)

14. Contribution of forests to food security (T3)

15. Financial resources from all sources for the implementation

of sustainable forest management (T3)

Thematic element 7.Legal, policy and institutional framework

16. Existence of national or subnational policies, strategies, legislations, regulations and institutions which explicitly encourage SFM (T1)

17. Existence of national or sub-national forest assessment process (T1)

21. Existence of traceability system(s) for wood products (T2)

18. Existence of national or sub-national stakeholder platform for participation in forest policy development (T1)

19. Proportion of forest area under a long-term forest management plan (T1)

20. Forest area under an independently verified forest management certification scheme (T1)

21. Existence of traceability system(s) for wood products (T2)

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Reporting to UNFFExpert Meeting on Reporting to the UNFF (November 2017)

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Format for voluntary national reporting on implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 (UNSPF) and the United Nations Forest Instrument (UNFI) will be presented to the 13th

Session of UNFF

FAO Global Forests Resources

Assessment 2020

GCS

• COUNTRY REPORTS prepared by the National Correspondents

officially nominated by the countries - 171 National

Correspondents nominated

• REMOTE SENSING conduced together with national focal points

and international partners

The FRA assessment is based on two

primary sources of data

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Pan-European forest data collection

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Joint effort of the FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Bratislava and the Joint ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, in

close coordination with the FAO FRA secretariat

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Pan-European forest data collection

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Questionnaire on Quantitative indicators for SFM

2.5 Forest land degradation

4.7 Forest fragmentation

4.10 Common forest bird species

6.4 Investment in forest and forestry

6.10 Recreation in forests

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Pan-European forest data collection

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Questionnaire on Qualitative indicators for SFM

Part 1: Reporting on progress towards the Goals for European

Forests and the European 2020 Targets for Forests

Part 2: Reporting on the pan‐European Qualitative Indicators

Forest Policy and Governance

Policies, institutions and instruments related to specific criteria

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2020 Integrated data collection

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The integrated data collection is done jointly by FOREST EUROPE, FAO and UNECE, through the Liaison Unit Bratislava, the FRA Team and the Joint Forestry and Timber Section

The data will be collected through the interactive on-line FRA platform developed and hosted by FAO, which will include the main reporting module (same for all countries) and an additional component for the Pan-European indicators

National data will be collected through the same (for both processes) national correspondents, assisted in their work by experts designated by the three organizations

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2020 Integrated data collection

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Reporting tables

Original statistics

New tools

2020 Integrated data collectionRoadmap

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ECE/FAO ToS Meeting 22-24 May 2017

Global Consultation 12-16 June 2017

FE Advisory Group

27-28 September 2017Launch of reporting 5-9 March 2018

Regional workshop 18-20 April 2018

Deadline for data collection 31 October 2018

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Other outputs

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Pilot project on the System for the Evaluation of the Management of Forests (SEMAFOR)

Study on Forest ownership

Report on State of the Caucasian and Central Asian Forests

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Acknowledgments

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National and international experts, including

National Correspondents

ToS Members

Governments of Georgia, Norway, the Russian Federation and Switzerland

UNFF secretariat, FAO FRA secretariat, the FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Bratislava, EUSTAFOR

Consultants and staff of the Joint ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section

F O R E S T S

Roman Michalak

Forestry Officer

UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section

22-23 March 2018, Geneva

Thank you!

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The Working Party is invited to

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a. Take note on the processes and preparations for the 2020

global and regional reporting, and make recommendations

on the organization of the 2020 data collection;

b. Review the work of the Team of Specialists and made

recommendations for its work under the new mandate.