Improving carbon sequestration and stocking as a function of forestry

Indicators are parameters which can be measured and correspond
to a particular criterion. They measure and help to monitor
the status and changes of forests in quantitative, qualitative and
descriptive terms that reflect forest values as seen by those who
defined each criterion.
Several indicators have been proposed to assess Sustainable
Forest Management (SFM). At European level, the Pan-European
Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), organised
in six criteria, were developed in 2002 by the Ministerial
Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. The first criterion
of this document (C1) promotes sustainable forest management
by describing the evolution and status of forest resources in
Europe and explaining/addressing forests' contribution to the
global carbon cycles.