As a member of the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forest in Europe (MCPFE), Italy already reports on the Criteria and Indicators issue to this regional process.
In order to avoid double reporting, the main scope of this second step is to provide information on indicative additional national variables that can contribute indicated Regional process.
Pan European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
Criteria |
No. |
Indicator |
C:1 Maintenance and Appropriate Enhancement of Forest Resources and their Contribution to Global Carbon Cycles |
1.1 |
Forest area |
1.2 |
Growing stock | |
1.3 |
Age structure and/or diameter distribution (No data for Italy) | |
1.4 |
Carbon stock | |
C:2 Maintenance of Forest Ecosystem Health and Vitality |
2.1 |
Deposition of air pollutants (No data for Italy) |
2.2 |
Soil condition (No data for Italy) | |
2.3 |
Defoliation | |
2.4 |
Forest damage | |
C:3 Maintenance and Encouragement of Productive Functions of Forests (Wood and Non-Wood) |
3.1 |
Increment and fellings |
3.2 |
Roundwood | |
3.3 |
Non-wood goods | |
3.4 |
Services (No data for Italy) | |
3.5 |
Forests under management plans | |
C:4 Maintenance Conservation and Appropriate Enhancement of Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems |
4.1 |
Tree species composition |
4.2 |
Regeneration | |
4.3 |
Naturalness | |
4.4 |
Introduced tree species | |
4.5 |
Deadwood | |
4.6 |
Genetic resources | |
4.7 |
Landscape pattern | |
4.8 |
Threatened forest species | |
4.9 |
Protected forests | |
C:5 maintenance and Appropriate Enhancement of Protective Functions in Forest Management (notably soil and water) |
5.1 |
Protective forests – soil, water and other ecosystem functions (No data for Italy) |
5.2 |
Protective forests – infrastructure and natural resources | |
C:6 Maintenance of other socio-economic functions and conditions |
6.1 |
Forest holdings |
6.2 |
Contribution of forest sector to GDP | |
6.3 |
Net revenue | |
6.4 |
Expenditures for services | |
6.5 |
Forest sector workforce | |
6.6 |
Occupational safety and health | |
6.7 |
Wood consumption | |
6.8 |
Trade in wood | |
6.9 |
Energy from wood resources | |
6.10 |
Accessibility for recreation | |
6.11 |
Cultural and spiritual values |
MCPFE, 2003. State of Europe’s Forests 2003. Austria. ISBN 3-902073-09-8
The process of recognizing additional National relevant variables is still going on and, so far, no official National Indicators have been established. Nevertheless, the most relevant source indicating National proposed variables is a study carried out by the University of Padova and commissioned by ANPA (the National Agency for Environment Protection). These additional national proposed variables are indicated in the table below.
MCPFE Thematic areas |
Proposed additional National variables |
1. Maintenance and appropriate enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to global carbon cycles |
Processes of forest recolonization on marginal agricultural areas |
Realization and management of forest formation (linear formations included) on intensive agricultural areas | |
Forest fires effects on carbon balance | |
Forest aging effects on carbon balance | |
3. Maintenance and encouragement of productive Functions of forests (Wood and Non- Wood) |
Energy production from woody biomass (in forest and other wooded land), including scraps and by-products |
Wood removal from forest plantations | |
4. Maintenance, conservation and appropriate enhancement of biological diversity in forest ecosystems |
Characteristics and extent of forest plantations and seed collection stands |
Floristic composition of conservation forest formations | |
5. Maintenance and appropriate enhancement of protective functions in forest management (notably soil and water) |
Soil erosion and other hydrogeological risks of forested areas |
6. Maintenance of other socio-economic functions and conditions |
Forestry workers employed by public bodies by categories of intervention |
Turistic-recreational users of forest resources and extent of related areas | |
Number of people involved in activities of environmental education, supervision of NWFP collection for recreational purposes, protected areas management, farm holiday, based on forestry activities, |
Source: ANPA. 2000. Indicatori di gestione forestale sostenibile in Italia. Dipartimento Stato dell’Ambiente, Controlli e Sistemi Informativi. Rapporto finale della ricerca dell’ Universitá di Padova. Serie Stato dell’Ambiente 11/2000. Giugno 2000.
