Issue: Services provided by the environment to human settlements - Forest products
This is an issue under the Human settlements theme of the Data Reporting System.
Why we need to know about this issue
Human settlements are sustained through a number of services that are received from the environment. These services provide the resource inputs to human settlements and may be degraded on by wastes and emissions generated by them.
These services include forest products.
Indicators
- LD-09 Average tonnage and value of other (non-food) agricultural products per hectare of land under production
The produce used in human settlements in Australia derives primarily from the land, much of it from agriculture, but also timber from forestry. - HS-36 Percent of energy derived from renewable sources
Human settlements rely on high inputs of energy from the environment in order to maintain the living standards and quality of life of their inhabitants. Renewable energy sources, including firewood and other forestry products are important as they are potentially sustainable.
Related issues
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Air
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Agriculture
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Ecological services
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Fisheries
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Minerals (including non-renewable energy sources)
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Recreation from the environment
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Renewable energy
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Water
- Biodiversity - Utilisation and value of biodiversity- Contributions of biodiversity to ecological services
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life- Ecological services (air, water, climate)
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Ecological services (air, water, climate)
- Biodiversity - Utilisation and value of biodiversity- Harvesting and trade in wildlife
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Living materials from the land
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