E-learning
This course highlights the importance of forests in climate change mitigation and how quality measurement, verification and reporting (MRV) is needed to ensure environmental integrity. It outlines the MRV requirements for jurisdictional REDD+ of different standards/programmes, in case countries are seeking to obtain results-based payments or climate finance.
FAO has designed a series of technical elearning modules. Developed by academics and NFI practitioners, these modules serve as a primer describing the key stages of NFIs and basic steps of their implementation, providing tangible examples wherever possible. They have been designed keeping in mind the learning needs of forestry...
This course intends to establish a clear path towards a more efficient and effective use of forest data, underscoring the crucial significance of institutionalizing a robust national forest monitoring system (NFMS) within countries. Additionally, it emphasizes transparency, sustainability, and data-sharing as critical pillars for the successful implementation of an NFM...
Sharing the experience on “Forest and land monitoring for climate action – SEPAL” facilitated course
It is based on the first edition, which was delivered from 24 March to 7 May 2023 in English, Spanish and French. The overall objective of this course is to support knowledge and skills development to operationally apply high-resolution satellite imagery to critical forest and land monitoring in tropical forest countries....
Developed under the project “Building Global Capacity to Increase Transparency in the Forest sector (CBIT-Forest),” in collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the massive open online course (MOOC) “Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement” explores the connections between aspects of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement, and the collection, analysis and dissemination of reliable and transparent forest information. The key takeaway participants will...