• Driver of nature change: Land/freshwater/ocean-use change

    Extent of land/freshwater/ ocean-use change (C1.1)

    Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem conserved or restored (km2), split into:

    • Voluntary; and
    • Required by statutes or regulations.

    For the purposes of the core global disclosure metric, an organisation should report:

    • Land conserved and restored separately if data are available.

    If applicable, an organisation should describe its long-term (3+ years) efforts in context-based landscape management approaches focused on fire prevention, watershed stewardship, enhancing biodiversity and/ or ecosystems services. This should refer to initiatives engaging land tenants and other stakeholders at a landscape level.

    WBCSD- FSG (2021)

    OBJECTIVE 1. BIODIVERSITY IN FIBER SOURCING

    OBJECTIVE 2. ADHERENCE TO BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

    OBJECTIVE 7. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND LANDOWNER OUTREACH

    Performance Measure 1.2. Promotion and conservation of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value.

    Indicator 1. Certified Organizations shall conduct an assessment, individually and/or through cooperative efforts involving SFI Implementation Committees, of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value, defined as critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities, within their wood and fiber supply area(s) and make the summary of the assessment available to wood producers.

    Indicator 2. Program to address Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value (critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities) for all harvest operations through fiber sourcing activities such as: a. use of qualified logging professionals, certified logging companies (where available), and qualified resource professionals; or b. training program for qualified logging professionals on how to recognize and protect Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value; or c. through in-the-forest verification by certified logging companies; or d. forest landowner outreach; or e. SFI Implementation Committee involvement in the assessment of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value, and development of recommendations for conservation.

    Indicator 3. Certified Organizations shall conduct and incorporate the results of a Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value (critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities) assessment to promote conservation of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value for purchased stumpage.

    Performance Measure 2.1. Certified Organizations shall clearly define and implement policies to ensure that facility inventories and fiber sourcing activities do not compromise adherence to the principles of sustainable forestry.

    Performance Measure 2.2. Certified Organizations shall, individually or through cooperative efforts monitor the use of best management practices relative to scale.

    Performance Measure 7.1. Certified Organizations shall support and promote efforts by consulting foresters, state, provincial and federal agencies, state or local groups, professional societies, conservation organizations, Indigenous Peoples and governments, community groups, sporting organizations, labor, universities, extension agencies, the American Tree Farm System® and/or other landowner cooperative programs to apply principles of sustainable forest management.

    Indicator 2. Support individually or and/or through cooperative efforts involving SFI Implementation Committees, education and outreach to forest landowners describing the importance of and providing implementation guidance on: a. best management practices; b. reforestation and afforestation; c. visual quality management; d. conservation objectives, such as of critical wildlife habitat elements, biodiversity, threatened and endangered species, and Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value; e. management of harvest residue (e.g., slash, limbs, tops) considers economic, social, environmental factors (e.g., organic and nutrient value to future forests) and other utilization needs; f. control of invasive species; g. characteristics of special sites; h. reduction of wildfire risk; i. use of qualified logging professionals, qualified resource professionals and/or certified logging companies; j. awareness of SFI, and k. reporting of inconsistent practices.