Progress
Fair progress but acceleration needed
Fair progress but acceleration needed

Desired direction: Increase

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Headline data

Progress towards sustainable forest management
Year Value Units Series
2014 78025.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2018 92935.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2011 70847.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2012 70847.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2019 95091.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2020 98696.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2016 85839.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2013 71709.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2017 91153.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2015 78208.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2021 101165.0 Hectares Forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2011 14.28 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2014 15.87 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2021 20.7 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2018 18.9 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2019 19.34 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2012 14.41 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2015 15.9 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2016 17.45 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2020 20.07 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2017 18.54 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place
2013 14.58 % Proportion of forest area with sustainable management instruments in place

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Progress towards sustainable forest management
Target

15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
Goal

15- Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Definition

Forest area with management instruments in force and percentage with respect to forest area
Theoretical formula \[PSF_{managed}^{t} = \frac{SF_{managed}^{t}}{SF^{t}} \cdot 100\]

where:

$SF_{managed}^{t} =$ forest area with management instruments in force in year $t$

$SF^{t} =$ forest area in year $t$
Frequency

Annual
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The definition of SFM by the UN General Assembly contains several key aspects, notably that sustainable forest management is a concept which varies over time and between countries, whose circumstances – ecological, social and economic – vary widely, but that it should always address a wide range of forest values, including economic, social and environmental values, and take intergenerational equity into account.

Clearly a simple measure of forest area is insufficient to monitor sustainable forest management as a whole. The United Nations indicator consists of five sub-indicators that measure progress toward all dimensions of sustainable forest management. Sub-indicators are:

  1. Annual forest area change rate
  2. Above-ground biomass in forest
  3. Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas
  4. Proportion of forest area under a long-term management plan
  5. Forest area under an independently verified forest management certification scheme

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator responds to sub-indicator 4 of the indicator proposed by the United Nations.
International results

Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%) AG_LND_FRSTMGT UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 15-2-1.pdf
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