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This page provides links to the indicator forms that were developed over a series of three workshops held in the Spring of 2000. If you are looking for the Forest Service site with the most up to date analysis relative to each indicator, click here.
CRITERION 1: Conservation of biological diversity Criterion Level Summary
Indicator 1: Extent of area by forest type relative to total forest area.
Indicator 2: Extent of area by forest type and by age class or successional stage.
Indicator 3:Extent of area by forest type in protected area categories as identified by IUCN or other classification systems.
Indicator 4:Extent of areas by forest type in protected areas defined by age class or successional state.
Indicator 5: Fragmentation of forest types.
Indicator 6:The number of forest dependent species.
Indicator 7: The status (threatened, rare, vulnerable, endangered, or extinct) of forest dependent species at risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment.
Indicator 8: Number of forest dependent species that occupy a small portion of their former range.
Indicator 9:Population levels of representative species from diverse habitats monitored across their range.
CRITERION 2: Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems
Criterion Level Summary
Indicator 10:Area of forest land and net area of foreset land available for timber production.
Indicator 11:Total growing stock of both merchantable and nonmerchantable tree species on forest land available for timber production.
Indicator 12:The area and growing stock of plantations of native and exotic species.
Indicator 13:Annual removal of wood products compared to the volume determined to be sustainable.
Indicator 14:Annual removal of non-timber forest products (e.g., fur bearers, berries, mushrooms, game), compared to the level determined to be sustainable.
CRITERION 3: Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality Criterion Level Summary
Indicator 15:Area and percent of forest affected by processes or agents beyond the range of historic variation, (e.g. by insects, disease, competition from exoctic species, fire storm, land, clearance, permanent flooding, salinization, and domestic animals.)
Indicator 16:Area and percent of forest land subjected to levels of specific air pollutants (e.g. sulfates, nitrate ozone) or ultraviolet B that may cause negative impacts on the forest ecosystem.
Indicator 17:Area and percent of forest land with diminished biological components indicative of changes in fundamental ecological processes (e.g. soil, nutrient cycling, seed dispersion, pollination) and/or ecological continuity (monitoring of functionally important species such as fungi, arboreal epiphytes, nematodes, beetles, wasps, etc.)
CRITERION 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources
Criterion Level Summary
Indicator 18:Area and percent of forest land with significant soil erosion.
Indicator 19:Area and percent of forest land managed primarily for protective functions (e.g. watersheds, flood protection, avalanche protection, riparian zones.)
Indicator 20:Percent of stream kilometers in forested catchments in which stream flow and timing has significantly deviated from the historic range of variation.
Indicator 21:Area and percent of forest land with significantly diminished soil organic matter and/or changes in other soil chemical properties.
Indicator 22:Area and percent of forest land with significant compaction or change in soil physical properties resulting from human activities.
Indicator 23:Percent of water bodies in forest areas (e.g. stream kilometers, lake hectares) with significant variance of biological diversity from the historic range of variability.
Indicator 24:Percent of water bodies in forest areas (e.g. stream kilometers, lake hectares) with significant variation from the historic range of variability in pH, dissolved oxygen, levels of chemicals (electrical conductivity), sedimentation or temperature change.
Indicator 25:Area and percent of forest land experiencing an accumulation of persistent toxic substances.
CRITERION 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global carbon cycles
Criterion Level Summary
Indicator 26:Total forest ecosystem biomass and carbon pool, and if appropriate, by forest type, age class, and successional stages.
Indicator 27:Contribution of forest ecosystems to be the total carbon budget, including absorption and release of carbon (standing biomass, coarse wood debris, peat and soil carbon.)
Indicator 28:Contribution of forest products to the global carbon budget.
CRITERION 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long-term multiple socio-economic benefits to meet the needs of societies
Criterion Level Summary-Indicators 29-34 and 38 -41
Criterion Level Summary-Indicators 35-37 and 42-43
Criterion Level Summary-Indicators 44-47 Production and consumption
Indicator 29: Value and volume of wood and wood products production, including value added through downstream processing.
Indicator 30: Value and quantities of production of non-wood forest products.
Indicator 31: Supply and consumption of wood and wood products, including consumption per capita.
Indicator 32: Value of wood and non-wood products production as percentage of GDP.
Indicator 33: Degree of recycling of forest products.
Indicator 34:Supply and consumption/use of non-wood products. Recreation and Tourism
Indicator 35: Area and percent of forest land managed for general recreation and tourism, in relation to the total area of forest land.
Indicator 36: Number and type of facilities available for general recreation and tourism, in relation to population and forest area.
Indicator 37: Number of visitor days attributed to recreation and tourism, in relation to population and forest area.
Indicator 38: Value of investment, including investment in forest growing, forest health and management, planted forests, wood processing, recreation and tourism.
Indicator 39: Level of expenditure on research and development, and education.
Indicator 40: Extension and use of new and improved technologies.
Indicator 41: Rates of return on investment.
Cultural, social and spiritual needs and values
Indicator 42: Area and percent of forest land managed in relation to the total area of forest land to protect the range of cultural, social and spiritual needs and values.
Indicator 43: Non-consumptive-use forest values.
Employment and community needs
Indicator 44:Direct and indirect employment in the forest sector and the forest sector employment as a proportion of total employment.
Indicator 45: Average wage rates and injury rates in major employment categories within the forest sector.
Indicator 46: Viability and adaptability to changing economic conditions, of forest dependent communities, including indigenous communities.
Indicator 47: Area and percent of forest land used for subsistence purposes.
CRITERION 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for forest conservation and sustainable management
Criterion Level summary-Indicators 48-52
Criterion Level summary-Indicators 53-57
Criterion Level summary-Indicators 58-59 and 60-62
Criterion Level summary-Indicators 63-67
Extent to which the legal framework (laws, regulations, guidelines) supports the conservation and sustainable management of forests, including the extent to which it:
Indicator 48: Clarifies property rights, provides for appropriate land tenure arrangements, recognizes customary and traditional rights of indigenous people, and provides means of resolving property disputes by due process.
Indicator 49: Provides for periodic forest-related planning, assessment, and policy review that recognizes the range of forest values, including coordination with relevant sectors.
Indicator 50: Provides opportunities for public participation in public policy and decision making related to forests and public access to information.
Indicator 51: (MP-7.1.d) Encourages best practice codes for forest management.
Indicator 52: Provides for the management of forests to conserve special environmental, cultural, social and/or scientific values. Extent to which the institutional framework supports the conservation and sustainable management of forests, including the capacity to:
Indicator 53: Provide for public involvement activities and public education, awareness and extension programs, and make available forest related information.
Indicator 54: Undertake and implement periodic forest-related planning, assessment, and policy review including cross-sectoral planning and coordination.
Indicator 55: Develop and maintain human resource skills across relevant disciplines.
Indicator 56: Develop and maintain efficient physical infrastructure to facilitate the supply of forest products and services and support forest management.
Indicator 57:Enforce laws, regulations and guidelines. Extent to which the economic framework (economic policies and measures) supports the conservation and sustainable management of forests through:
Indicator 58: Investment and taxation policies and a regulatory environment which recognize the long-term nature of investments and permit the flow of capital in and out of the forest sector in response to market signals, non-market economic valuations, and public policy decisions in order to meet long-term demands for forest products and services.
Indicator 59: Non-discriminatory trade policies for forest products. Capacity to measure and monitor changes in the conservation and sustainable management of forests, including:
Indicator 60: Availability and extent of up-to-date data, statistics and other information important to measuring or describing indicators associated with criteria 1-7.
Indicator 61: Scope, frequency and statistical reliability of forest inventories, assessments, monitoring and other relevant information.
Indicator 62: Compatibility with other countries in measuring, monitoring and reporting on indicators.
Capacity to conduct and apply research and development aimed at improving forest management and delivery of forest goods and services, including:
Indicator 63: Development of scientific understanding of forest ecosystem characteristics and functions.
Indicator 64: Development of methodologies to measure and integrate environmental and social costs and benefits into markets and public policies, and to reflect forest related resource depletion or replenishment in national accounting systems.
Indicator 65: New technologies and the capacity to assess the socioeconomic consequences associated with the introduction of new technologies.
Indicator 66: Enhancement of ability to predict impacts of human intervention on forests.
Indicator 67: Ability to predict impacts on forests of possible climate change.
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