The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and FAO concluded a four-year agreement that will help improve the assessment, monitoring and reporting of global and country-level efforts in afforestation and reforestation and conservation with a view to enhancing forest carbon stocks.

A Masters short course in REDD+ Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) for 30 Indonesian government officials is currently taking place at University of Melbourne’s Creswick Campus. The participants represent a cross section of Indonesian government ministries and departments that have a role in MRV processes and REDD+ UNFCCC submissions.

A publication has recently been released that describes the analysis undertaken of the legal framework for the implementation of REDD + in Cote d'Ivoire, with UN-REDD Programme support.

Ecuador reached a significant landmark with the publication of the Technical Report on the analysis of the REDD+ results for the period 2009-2014. This important result stems from a 5-year long technical process led by the Ministry of Environment (MAE). These results are an impressive demonstration of the importance of a consistent process driven by the country itself, with clear decision making roles, based on solid scientific and technical basis, and with the involvement and participation of different stakeholders.  With these efforts, Ecuador is one of the first countries that have completed the process and have its Technical Annex successfully analyzed...

National Forest Inventories are a very important pillar for national forest monitoring systems. They provide basic data on the carbon stocks of forests and trees, as well as providing reliable data for measurement of uncertainties related to deforestation and forest degradation. From July 25 to 27 2017, experts from ten countries in the Amazon and Mesoamerican regions met in the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil to share their best practices and progress in developing  National Forest Inventories. The event was organized by the Brazilian Forest Service in close collaboration with FAO through the UN-REDD Programme, and the Tropical Agriculture Research and...