Forest Landscape Integrity Index

{{Short description|Global index of forest condition}}

File:Flii globe.png. 0 = Most modification; 10= Least.]]

The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G|doi-access=free}}{{cite news

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| first = Joaquim

| date = 2020-12-14

| title = Descubre con este mapa dónde están los mejores bosques de tu país y del mundo

| trans-title = Discover with this map where are the best forests in your country and in the world

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| access-date = 2020-12-16

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|url=https://www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/anthropogenic-modification-of-forests-means-only-40-of-remaining-forests-have-high-ecosystem-integrity/

|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

|date=2020-12-10

|website=Nature-based Solutions Initiative

|publisher=University of Oxford

|access-date=2020-12-16

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|url=https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/15605/New-Forest-Landscape-Integrity-Index-Reveals-that-Only-40-Percent-of-Worlds-Forests-Have-High-Integrity.aspx

|title=New Forest Landscape Integrity Index Reveals that Only 40 Percent of World's Forests Have High Integrity

|date=2020-12-08

|website=WCS Newsroom

|publisher=Wildlife Conservation Society

|access-date=2020-12-16

}} Created by a team of 47 scientists,{{Cite web |title=Forest Landscape Integrity Index |url=https://www.forestintegrity.com/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.forestintegrity.com |language=en-US}} the FLII, in its measurement of 300m pixels of forest across the globe, finds that ~17.4 million km² of forest has high landscape-level integrity (with a score from 9.6–10), compared to ~14.6 million with medium integrity (6–9.6) and ~12.2 million km² with low integrity (0–6).{{Cite web |title=Forest Landscape Integrity Index - Further Information |url=https://www.forestintegrity.com/further-information |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.forestintegrity.com |language=en-US}}

The FLII finds that most remaining high-integrity forest landscapes are found in Canada, Russia, the Rocky Mountains, Alaska, the Amazon, the Guianas, southern Chile, Central Africa, and New Guinea. Low integrity forests, on the other hand, are found in Western and Central Europe, the American Southeast, South-East Asia, west of New Guinea, the Andes, much of China and India, the Albertine Rift, West Africa, Mesoamerica, and the Atlantic Forests of Brazil.

The results are meant to help decision-makers at all levels achieve their commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).