# Litouwen: FSC-mitigatie indicator 56 — rij 6 > Contextgebonden FSC-mitigatiemaatregel uit FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026 voor indicator 56. De volledige officiële Engelstalige maatregel, risicocontext, verifier en brondocumenten staan hieronder als brongebonden feiten. ## Engelse samenvatting > Ensure that timber is not sourced from natural forests converted to non-agricultural land uses since 31 December 2020: a) verify that the harvesting site holds a valid, legally issued harvesting permit that confirms the land designation remains strictly classified as forest land; b) verify the forest GPS coordinates and boundaries on official maps and past satellite photos (from Dec 2020 to today) to make sure the land remained forest land and was not permanently converted to another land use. - Canonical entity URI: - Schema.org type: `CreativeWork` ## Trefwoorden FSC, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026, indicator 56, Document verification ## Kenmerken - FSC risk indicator: 56. There is no conversion from natural forest to land uses other than agriculture since 31 December 2020. — [bron]() - Risk conclusion: Non-negligible risk — [bron]() - Geopolitical scale: Lithuania — [bron]() - Source type: State-owned forest with a management plan, State-owned forest without a management plan — [bron]() - Risk threshold: 56. 2.     Any of the following are true: a) Conversion of natural forests to land uses other than agriculture since 31 December 2020 in the area under assessment is more than 0.02% gross annual loss of natural forest area b) Evidence indicates that degradation of natural forests is occurring on a widespread or systematic basis. c) There are projects that allow for conversion of natural forest in areas containing environmental values, and evidence indicates that conversion is happening. — [bron]() - Description of risk: The Lithuanian legal system grants forest land a strictly protected status and limits the conversion of forest land, obliging reforestation or compensation, which has led to a constant annual increase in forest area, and, according to the EU Deforestation Regulation, the country is classified as “low risk”. However, expert opinions (E30 and E7) indicate that in period since 31 December 2020, the ongoing conversion of natural forests to other than agricultural land, in particular the expanding military ranges due to the current political situation and the 300-500 ha of forest land converted to land annually, may exceed the 0.02% limit of natural forest area, which means that the actual risk of conversion is higher than the legal protection measures alone indicate Therefore, the risk is non-negligible. — [bron]() - Type of verifier: Document verification — [bron]() - Mitigation requirement level: Recommended — [bron]() - Associated documents: Official land-use monitoring datasets, national forest cadastre maps, and satellite-based remote sensing verification reports. — [bron]() - Risk mitigation measure: Ensure that timber is not sourced from natural forests converted to non-agricultural land uses since 31 December 2020: a) verify that the harvesting site holds a valid, legally issued harvesting permit that confirms the land designation remains strictly classified as forest land; b) verify the forest GPS coordinates and boundaries on official maps and past satellite photos (from Dec 2020 to today) to make sure the land remained forest land and was not permanently converted to another land use. — [bron]() - Other relevant information: The key aim is reduce the conversion from natural forest to land uses other than agriculture. The proposed measure can be strengthened by requiring that the land‑use planning restrictions on natural and high conservation value forests are legally binding and systematically applied in all site‑selection decisions, with at least one realistic alternative location outside these forests assessed and documented for each proposed military training ground. — [bron]() - Source workbook row: 6 — [bron]() ## Relaties - Onderdeel van: [FSC Risk Assessment voor Litouwen — 2-0]() (`isPartOf`) - Over: [Litouwen]() (`about`) - Over: [FSC Risk Assessment indicator 56 — There is no conversion from natural forest to land uses other than agriculture since 31 December 2020.]() (`about`) - Over: [Litouwen: FSC-indicator 56 — non-negligible risk]() (`about`) - Vermeldt: [Mitigation measure onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Non-negligible risk onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [State-owned forest with a management plan — FSC Risk Assessment Litouwen]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [State-owned forest without a management plan — FSC Risk Assessment Litouwen]() (`mentions`) ## Identificaties - FSC Risk Mitigation row: `FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026 row 6` — [resolver]() - FSC risk indicator: `56` — [resolver]() ## Bronnen - [Bron](): Official FSC Risk Assessment FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026; Risk Mitigation worksheet row 6. ## Andere representaties - [HTML]() - [Schema.org JSON-LD]() - [Volledig RDF JSON-LD]() - [Turtle]()