FAO is a core technical partner helping shape the eligibility and monitoring requirements of the Facility and leading development of eligibility and monitoring sections of the TFFF Operations Manual with the World Bank and the National Institute of Space Research of Brazil (INPE). 

In 2025, the Government of Brazil requested support from FAO for a Forest Monitoring System Assessment in the context of the TFFF. The Assessment involved an evaluation of existing National Forest Monitoring Systems, the development and piloting of a methodology for collecting TFFF compliant data, and to transfer lessons learnt to the TFFF Operations Manual.

Through AIM4Forests and SEPAL, FAO helps countries meet TFFF eligibility and monitoring standards by: 

At current, countries with support planned in 2026 are: Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea and Peru, but there is a possibility that support will be extended to other countries. 

Innovating forest monitoring 

FAO is developing technical solutions for TFFF eligibility and monitoring through Open Foris, SEPAL, and Collect Earth Online. FAO leads the development of improved methods for monitoring degraded forests through the TFFF Monitoring Ad hoc Expert Group, implemented under the GFOI. 

FAO works closely with: 

• The World Bank (trustee & interim host) 

• INPE 

• TFFF Secretariat 

This collaboration ensures that lessons from pilot activities are integrated directly into the Facility’s guidance and country support.