Vegetation Extent

AUS-TDG-FOR-VEX General High confidence

Benchmark Value

5 %

Direction: Higher is desirable ↑

Form: MinimumOnly

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"Also each plan requires at least 5% of the forest to be protected as a dedicated conservation area."

Metric Definition:

Minimum threshold of total forest area within individual plans dedicated exclusively to biodiversity protection and excluded from harvesting.

Benchmark Definition:

Regulatory minimum threshold for dedicated conservation area within forest management plans.

Justification:

Operational standard implementing the FSC Australia guidelines in mixed-use native forest and plantation estates.

Forest Strategy Group Management Plan Journal

Forest Strategy Group Management Plan

Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.

FSC Global Review Report Criterion 6.5

Direct Evidence Journal

FSC Global Review Report Criterion 6.5

Private Native Forestry Code of Practice for Cypress and Western Hardwood Forests

Direct Evidence Journal

Private Native Forestry Code of Practice for Cypress and Western Hardwood Forests

Private Native Forestry Code of Practice for Northern NSW

Direct Evidence Journal

Private Native Forestry Code of Practice for Northern NSW

Designed to guarantee local refugia are retained inside active wood production areas.

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