Progress, status and needs for further developing methodologies and data availability on Global Core Set of forest-related indicators, classified as Tier 3 and Tier 2

Monica Madrid Arroyo

Progress, status and needs for further developing methodologies and data availability on Global Core Set of forest-related indicators, classified as Tier 3 and Tier 2

Background paper for the Expert Workshop on Strengthening the Global Core Set of Forest Indicators to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 75 p.

Author Monica Madrid Arroyo

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Full item page

Language English

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Expert Workshop in support of the CPF Joint Initiative on streamlining forest-related reporting: Strengthening the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the UN Strategic Plan for Forests
Co-Chairs Summary Report
2019

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Status of, and trends in, the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators 2022

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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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Topic note: Online consultation on the development of a Global Core Set (GCS) of forest-related indicators
Consultation No. 140, 02.05.2017 – 14.05.2017
2016

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Forests play a vital role in food security and nutrition, providing food and livelihoods to many of the poorest people on earth as well as environmental services that are crucial for agricultural production (State of the World’s Forests 2016, chapter 4, provides more detail). For this reason, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is partnering with the FSN Forum to host an online consultation on the development of a global core set of forest-related indicators, for use not only in the f orest sector, but also in a broader context.