Forest Biodiversity Indicators: Tools for Policy-Making and Management

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:01:33Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2001-11
dc.descriptionGlobally, forests are vitally important for biodiversity. Tropical moist forests are the most diverse ecosystems on earth. Although they only cover around 6% of the land surface, they hold well over half, and perhaps as many as 90%, of all the world’s species. Other forest types, though less diverse, harbour unique elements of biodiversity of vital importance both to people and to the biosphere in general. Ideally, a national forest programme incorporates holistic planning for the use of a nation’s entire forest estate. This includes zoning existing natural forest into areas for conversion, for extractive uses and for non-extractive uses, including protection. Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use are among many conflicting demands on forests that must be accounted for in national forest policy, planning and management decisions. Information is needed that clearly illustrates the impacts of these and other decisions on forest biodiversity. Indicators can play a very important role in providing this information.
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7955
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number7 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.titleForest Biodiversity Indicators: Tools for Policy-Making and Management
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049

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