faostat.environment.forest_area
Retrieve forest area as a percentage of total land area and in hectares for any country. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 15.1.1. Covers 200+ countries, annual data. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "BR"), alpha-3 (e.g. "BRA"), or ISO numeric country codes.
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What faostat.environment.forest_area does on Apibase
AI agents call faostat.environment.forest_area to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
end_year | integer | — | End year for the time series (default: latest available) |
start_year | integer | — | Start year for the time series (default: 2015, earliest available: 1961) |
country_code | string | Yes | Country code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g. "IN", "US", "ET"), alpha-3 (e.g. "IND"), or ISO numeric (e.g. "356") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why faostat.environment.forest_area is rated Low
Tool only queries and retrieves environmental statistics with no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Retrieve forest area data for countries, no modification or execution capability.
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The rule that runs faostat.environment.forest_area safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For faostat.environment.forest_area, this is the rule to start with:
faostat.environment.forest_area is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every faostat.environment.forest_area call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about faostat.environment.forest_area
Retrieve forest area as a percentage of total land area and in hectares for any country. Data from FAO FAOSTAT — UN SDG Indicator 15.1.1. Covers 200+ countries, annual data. Accepts ISO alpha-2 (e.g. "BR"), alpha-3 (e.g. "BRA"), or ISO numeric country codes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
faostat.environment.forest_area accepts 3 parameters: end_year, start_year, country_code. Required: country_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for faostat.environment.forest_area: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
faostat.environment.forest_area is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the faostat.environment.forest_area rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for faostat.environment.forest_area. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
faostat.environment.forest_area is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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