Foro Global sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Foro FSN)

Dear Giovanni,

Thank you for your comments based on real experience.

The indicators you identify are all of great interest.  In fact some of them are already included in the pan-European set (species composition, naturalness of forest, silvicultural system, – not as detailed as you suggest – age structure, damage).  A few of them (naturalness, disturbance, and management objective, with slightly different wordings) are in FRA 2015.

Unfortunately we are trying to reduce (not increase) the number of indicators and link each of them to the global objectives (SDG, Strategic Plan, Aichi Targets), none of which, to my knowledge, specifically mentions the indicators you list, with the exception of the commitment to reduce illegal logging/improve forest governance (addressed - weakly, I am afraid - by indicators 13 traceability/illgal logging and 15 degraded forests).  I also fear that some of the indicators you mention might prove very challenging to measure at the global level, especially in countries with a high proportion of natural forests, with very different approaches to silviculture.

So I believe your very interesting suggestions would probably be more appropriate to the European regional context, not the Global Core Set.

Thanks again, and best regards

Kit

Facilitator