The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is an informal partnership to help coordinate international support to developing countries on forest monitoring and greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting for REDD+ and related activities.
GFOI 2020 Plenary
The annual Plenary of the Global Forest Observations Initiative will take place at FAO headquarters in Rome from 10 to 13 March 2020.
The event aims to assemble the international community engaged in forest monitoring, including support partners and implementing countries, in order to foster strategic collaboration, information exchanges and networking.
Visit the dedicated webpage for more information about the event. Register here before 31 January.
21/01/2020 - 24/01/2020
GFOI Regional Workshop on REDD+ data use for management, policy and reporting in Latin America
Representatives from Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and from a number of international GFOI partners will gather together for the 16th GFOI Regional Workshop in the Americas from 21 to 24 January 2020 at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center (FORT). The goal of the workshop is...
08/12/2019
FAO and the World Bank join forces to improve forest monitoring
GFOI Partners the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) will work together to strenghten the accessibility and accuracy of forest monitoring systems in developing countries. FAO and the FCPF will create professional training and guidance material to increase the...Videos
Partners
GFOI is a flagship of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) 
Jan 21
USGS Fort Collins Science Center (FORT) Social & Economic Analysis (SEA) Branch
Feb 17
Beijing, China
Mar 10
Mar 13
FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy
Jan 06
FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy