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ANNEX 2: THE INDICATORS RECOGNISED IN THE SECTOR-BASED NFP STUDIES

Criteria and Indicators

Formulation

Realisation

Follow-up

Evaluation

Situation

Alert

State and change process of forest resources

Forest area /1

x



x


Other wooded land area /2

x



x


Area of forest and vegetation types /3

x



x


Forest plantations area per species category /4

x



x

x

Forest area by ownership type /6

x



x


Forest areas converted to other uses /9

x

x


x

x

Biomass according to forest types /11

x



x


Total standing volume /14

x



x


Average standing volume, possibly by vegetation zones or site classes /15

x



x


Biological diversity

Area of natural forest or forest assimilated as such, and change process /23

x



x

x

Area of strictly protected forest reserves, and protected forests by a special management regime and change process /26

x



x

x

Area of protected forest zones by forest type /27

x





Proportion of plantations managed for the conservation and the use of forest genetic resources /29





x

Number of forest species /32

x



x


Number of endangered forests and change process /33


x




Proportion of endangered species/number of forest species, and change process /34





x

Health and vitality of the forest

Forest area and other wooded land burnt annually /38


x


x


Production of wood and other forest products

% of managed forest according to a management plan or management guidelines /55





x

Area and % of forests with a sustained production objective, in comparison with forest area under permanent production /56

x



x


Area of forest land available for wood production /57

x



x


Volume of estimated sustainable forest production compared to total production /61




x


Average consumption of fuelwood per caput and per year /63

x



x


Quantity and/or total value of harvest of non-wood forest products /65




x


Soil and water protection

Forest area and % of area managed primarily for soil protection /66




x

x

Forest area and % of area managed primarily for water protection, against floods, /67




x


Forest land area with a considerable soil erosion /68

x

x




Forest land area with compacted soils and/or whose physical properties have been altered /70


x




Socio-economic functions

Area managed with primary objective: leisure and tourism /75

x



x


Maintenance of cultural, social and spiritual values /76




x


Management of landscape /77



x



Volume of wood production /79

x

x


x


Production of non-wood forest products /80


x


x


Value of wood products

x



x


Value of Non-Wood Forest Products

x



x


Value of eco-tourism (recreation, hunting)

x





Share of forest sector in GNP/GDP

x



x


Value from secondary forest industries




x


Value from biomass energy

x



x


Forest trade balance

x



x

x

Investment in forest sector and forest products based industries



x



Employment generation in forest sector




x

x

Benefits accruing to local communities

x



x

x

Legal and institutional frameworks

National forest policy, legislation and regulations



x



Institutional instruments and tools



x



Economic framework and financial instruments



x



Research and extension capacity

x


x



Valorisation of local expertise, knowledge and local technologies



x



Transfer and adaptation of appropriate technologies



x




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