Status of, and trends in, the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators

FAO, CPF

Status of, and trends in, the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 68 p.

Author FAO, CPF

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-136146-7

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Synopsis (short abstract) The strong commitment of the international community, and especially the CPF members, to provide the information necessary for monitoring progress towards global goals, targets and indicators in a comprehensive, efficient, timely and meaningful way led to the idea of developing a global core set of forest-related indicators (GCS). The aim was to simplify and harmonize concepts and terminology while respecting the needs of all potential users. The concrete work on the GCS was initiated in 2016 through an organization-led initiative on the development of global forest indicators. Following the recommendation of this initiative, the CPF members established a GCS taskforce, which developed the GCS. The GCS was presented to the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and FAO’s Committee on Forestry, which welcomed the progress made in developing the GCS and acknowledged its value for assessing progress and better focusing data-collection efforts to reduce duplication. The two bodies also encouraged the application of those indicators that are ready to use and requested the CPF to continue developing the remaining indicators, particularly those that may require additional efforts but are manageable through various data sources. This is an accompanying document of the FAO report, State of the World’s Forests 2022 (SOFO 2022). It provides an overview of the GCS and presents the latest data on the status and trends of the 21 indicators. SOFO 2022, which examines three potential forest pathways for addressing global challenges, is available separately.

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FAO and CPF. 2022. Status of, and trends in, the global core set of forest-related indicators. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9963en

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