Countries have made substantial advances in developing and operationalizing their National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS), to comply with the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) framework under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as to provide better forest data to effectively support decision-making and domestic policies....

Accurate information is critical for natural resources to be managed sustainably. Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), SEPAL - System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring - helps countries monitor and report on forests and land use. SEPAL offers...

In March 2020, a new UN-REDD Programme initiative for Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region (SFT-LMR) was approved by the Government of Norway. The initiative is implemented in five Lower Mekong (LMR) countries, namely Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It is intended to promote dialogue, policy alignment, and institutional...

Increased efforts are urgently needed to address the direct and underlying causes of forest loss, particularly in view of accelerating climate change and forests’ mitigating role. While many influences are at play and a range of governance interventions may be needed, the security of tenure rights is a fundamental factor...

L’inventaire forestier national multiressource (IFN) de la République du Congo vise à apporter une information actualisée au niveau national sur le statut des ressources forestières et des arbres hors forêt. Cette information doit permettre une gestion et une utilisation durables des ressources en arbres et forêts, un contrôle plus actif des facteurs de...