National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
The development of criteria and indicators (C&I) to generate information about the status quo and measure changes in sustainable forest management (SFM) has become ever more important. Forest Europe has developed C&I as a policy instrument to monitor and report about SFM. Forest Europe signa...
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| description | The development of criteria and indicators (C&I) to generate information about the status quo and measure changes in sustainable forest management (SFM) has become ever more important. Forest Europe has developed C&I as a policy instrument to monitor and report about SFM. Forest Europe signatories considered the definition of SFM and related C&I as the most recognized achievements of the process. The results of our survey verify this statement. C&I for SFM are implemented at the national level in half of the Forest Europe signatory countries. C&I have served as a structure and framework for the national derivations. Our results confirm the importance of C&I for monitoring and reporting on the status and trend of forests and forestry in Europe. However, Forest Europe has failed so far to go beyond description toward target-based assessments. This was originally not envisaged for the indicators but is increasingly requested by decision-makers and stakeholders. The future development of indicators for SFM should focus on their appropriateness for the assessment of objectives, goals, or targets, because the ability to monitor the respective national efforts has become a critical tool of international but also national governance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eede290587f64a53a519afa95da044882023-11-23T19:55:39ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-01-0113219110.3390/f13020191National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest ManagementStefanie Linser0Bernhard Wolfslehner1Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resource Policy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Feistmantelstrasse 4, 1180 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resource Policy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Feistmantelstrasse 4, 1180 Vienna, AustriaThe development of criteria and indicators (C&I) to generate information about the status quo and measure changes in sustainable forest management (SFM) has become ever more important. Forest Europe has developed C&I as a policy instrument to monitor and report about SFM. Forest Europe signatories considered the definition of SFM and related C&I as the most recognized achievements of the process. The results of our survey verify this statement. C&I for SFM are implemented at the national level in half of the Forest Europe signatory countries. C&I have served as a structure and framework for the national derivations. Our results confirm the importance of C&I for monitoring and reporting on the status and trend of forests and forestry in Europe. However, Forest Europe has failed so far to go beyond description toward target-based assessments. This was originally not envisaged for the indicators but is increasingly requested by decision-makers and stakeholders. The future development of indicators for SFM should focus on their appropriateness for the assessment of objectives, goals, or targets, because the ability to monitor the respective national efforts has become a critical tool of international but also national governance.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/191C&Icriteria and indicatorsForest Europeindicator implementationforest monitoringassessment |
| spellingShingle | Stefanie Linser Bernhard Wolfslehner National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management Forests C&I criteria and indicators Forest Europe indicator implementation forest monitoring assessment |
| title | National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
| title_full | National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
| title_fullStr | National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
| title_short | National Implementation of the Forest Europe Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
| title_sort | national implementation of the forest europe indicators for sustainable forest management |
| topic | C&I criteria and indicators Forest Europe indicator implementation forest monitoring assessment |
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