forest degradation
as defined in Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the…, Article 2, point (6)
harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or services
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Also defined in
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the… 32023R1115, Article 2, point (7)
structural changes to forest cover, taking the form of the conversion of: (a) primary forests or naturally regenerating forests into plantation forests or into other wooded land; or (b) primary forests into planted forests