RT null T1 Introduction to Forest Accounts A2 Poleshchuk, Ekaterina K1 sustainable development K1 sustainable development indicator YR 2024 FD 2024-12 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/47021 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/47021 NO Forests cover one-third of the Earth's land mass, serving as critical pillars for both environmental health and human well-being. The home to over half of the world’s terrestrial species, combating climate change through their natural processes of carbonsequestration, serve as vital shields against extreme weather conditions, such as storms and floods and offer invaluable resources and protection for communities that rely on them for their livelihoods and security: provide inputs for constructionand the production of paper, furniture and other products, and are a source of fuel DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 24, 2026