Keeping an Eye on SDG 15: Working with countries to measure indicators for forests and mountains

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The brochure presents the three indicators under SDG 15, for which FAO is the custodian agency: 15.1.1-Forest area as a proportion of total land area, 15.2.1-Progress towards sustainable forest management and 15.4.2-Mountain Green Cover Index. Countries provide FAO with data for indicators 15.1.1 and 15.2.1 as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) process. The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) produces data for indicator 15.4.2 using remote sensing, and national-level data are distributed to governments for validation. FAO supports countries in their monitoring efforts through advanced software tools, training and networking.

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Field	Value
Document type	Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document	English
Topics	Forest cover reporting SDG15 Life on Land
Geographic area (spatial range)	Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Timor-Leste Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Korea, Republic of Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam
Copyright	Yes
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Version / Edition	online
License	CC-BY-3.0-IGO
Contact	SDG process: Thais.LinharesJuvenal@fao.org SDG indicators 15.1.1 and 15.2.1: fra@fao.org http://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment SDG indicator 15.4.2: rosalaura.romeo@fao.org http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership
Author (corporate)	FAO
Publication date	2017
Pagination	16
Keywords	mountains,monitoring and evaluation
Date uploaded	May 16, 2018, 08:06 (UTC)
Date modified	July 2, 2018, 03:28 (UTC)