Spatial footprint in or near protected or endangered-species sites
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the percentage of total spatial footprint that overlaps with, or is near, conservation-protected sites or sites known to contain endangered-species habitat.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- percent (%) — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which spatial footprint is assessed
- Aggregation
- Percentage of total spatial footprint meeting the disclosed protected-site or endangered-species-site proximity criterion
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Impact driver: land, freshwater and ocean-use change
- Controlled domain
- Nature, biodiversity and land
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Reporting organization's total disclosed spatial footprint, assessed against disclosed conservation-protection sites or endangered-species habitat sites
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Page 70, Table 13, Impact driver / Land/freshwater/ocean-use change, Metric no. OG.A1.3
- Adopting DisclosureOG.A1.3
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Recommended
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 70, Table 13, Impact driver / Land/freshwater/ocean-use change, Metric no. OG.A1.3
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- percent (%) — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which spatial footprint is assessed
Unit meaning: Values use percent (%) under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Published dimensions
- site designation or endangered-species habitat basis
- in-site or near-site relationship
- spatial footprint location
- ecosystem or realm where disclosed
- operational or value-chain boundary where disclosed
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
P = (A_qualifying / A_total) × 100Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. OG.A1.3 specifies a percentage outcome with a total-spatial-footprint denominator and a defined qualifying relationship to protected or endangered-species sites. The shortlisted metrics report total footprint, sites, area or counts separately and therefore are not the same percentage construct.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
P | spatial footprint in or near protected or endangered-species sites | Proportion of total spatial footprint that meets the disclosed site-overlap or proximity criterion. | percent (%) |
A_qualifying | qualifying spatial footprint | Spatial footprint overlapping with, or meeting the disclosed proximity criterion for, protected sites or endangered-species habitat sites. | area |
A_total | total spatial footprint | Total spatial footprint within the disclosed reporting boundary. | area |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026
TNFD additional sector guidance collection
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Locator
- Page 70, Table 13, Impact driver / Land/freshwater/ocean-use change, Metric no. OG.A1.3
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Spatial footprint in or near protected or endangered-species sites”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).
- Disclose the definition and dataset used for sites designated for conservation protection.
- Disclose the definition and dataset used to identify endangered-species habitat sites.
- Disclose the criterion, including any distance threshold, used to determine 'in or near'.
- Disclose the method used to calculate total spatial footprint and the numerator footprint.
- Disclose the geographic, operational and value-chain boundary covered.
- Disclose treatment of overlapping protected or endangered-species sites.
Record-specific limitations
- The extracted evidence does not define the distance or other criterion for determining whether a footprint is 'near' a site.
- Comparability depends on the spatial-footprint definition, site datasets, mapping resolution and treatment of overlapping sites.
- Protected-site designation and endangered-species habitat identification may vary by jurisdiction and source dataset.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.