FAO's FLRM has developed the e-learning course "Monitoring forest and landscape restoration." The self-paced e-learning course is available, free of charge, in English and is certified through the digital badge certification system.

Based on the FAO and WRI publication The Road to Restoration, this course aims to equip practitioners with the capacity to design, plan and implement monitoring systems for FLR.

The course will examine why monitoring is important for FLR, how to choose appropriate indicators to meet restoration objectives and how to design a restoration monitoring framework.

The course is available as a global public good through the FAO e-learning Academy. The Academy is adopting the Digital Badges Certification System, to certify the acquisition of competencies, in order to progress talents within organizations and increase employment opportunities. A certification granted by FAO, by passing the final scenario-based performance evaluation test, is now associated to the e-learning courses. Badges are an official recognition of competencies acquired and are part of the professional profile of learners, who can then incorporate them in their LinkedIn, e-portfolio, curriculum on the web, for employment purposes, education, or lifelong learning.

It will shortly be available in French too.

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