The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Target 2: From Commitment to implementation of transparent and effective ecosystem restoration
25/10/2023
In a world where biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation pose significant threats to our planet, ecosystem restoration has emerged as a key solution. The recent SBSTTA25 side event,...
Enhancing forest data management and analysis with Open Foris Arena
05/10/2023
From September 25th to 28th, a significant Open Foris event took place at the FAO Rome Headquarters. The "Training in Forest Inventory Data Management and Analysis with Open Foris Arena...
Improving women’s access to forest monitoring
28/09/2023
Capacity development activities in forest monitoring, including face-to-face workshops and online courses, can serve as important tools for increasing awareness on gender. However, women and other underrepresented groups, including youth,...
Developing a roadmap for Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Target 2
19/09/2023
On the 12th September, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held a knowledge exchange session for parties to the CBD titled “Workshop on ecosystem restoration-related planning and capacity-building needs for...
Study improves accuracy of planted forest locations in East Asia
15/09/2023
An international team led by Purdue University scientists has created the first spatial database of planted forests in East Asia by combining data collected on-site and via satellite. Produced with...
Empowering Forest Monitoring in the Pacific Islands
24/08/2023
In the ongoing battle against climate change, understanding the connection between land use changes and carbon emissions is paramount. Advancing this understanding formed the cornerstone of the GFOI-SilvaCarbon Regional Workshop,...
Toward Forest Data Transparency: Lessons from Latin America, Africa, and Asia
26/07/2023
The International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a series of webinars featuring presentations from Chile, Costa Rica,...
Toward high-integrity forest data in Africa using Open Foris and SEPAL
24/07/2023
In May and June 2023, the CAFI/FAO Deforestation and Degradation Drivers project, in coordination with the Gabonese national project partner, AGEOS, and the Gabonese Agency for Spatial Observation, organized a series of online sessions...
Forest and land monitoring for climate action with SEPAL’s self paced online course
12/07/2023
The first edition of the online facilitated course, Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Action – SEPAL, was delivered simultaneously in English, French and Spanish from 24 March to 7...
Insights from Space: FAO's contributions on Forest Monitoring at IAF's first conference on climate change (GLOC 2023)
05/06/2023
Last month, FAO was active at the International Astronautical Federation's (IAF) Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC). GLOC 2023, a noteworthy event at the intersection of climate action and...
Unlocking Climate Finance: Samoa's Land Use Change Assessment Paves the Way
25/05/2023
Apia, 25 May - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) of Samoa with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has successfully...
The role of forest monitoring at the GFOI 2023 Plenary
19/05/2023
The GFOI 2023 Plenary, organized by the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), took place from 9–11 May 2023 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters...
IMPRESS Knowledge Exchange 2023
11/05/2023
The IMPRESS Knowledge Exchange took place in Rome, Italy on May 8th and aimed to share experiences in development of high-integrity measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) for forest emissions and...
Estimating Emissions and Removals from Forest Degradation: A South-South Exchange
10/05/2023
Forest degradation, which reduces the capacity of forests to act as a carbon sink, has been a hurdle for many tropical forested countries to monitor effectively. Consequently, there is a...
FAO and the United Kingdom launch 5-year AIM4Forests programme
04/05/2023
To celebrate Earth Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Kingdom today launched AIM4Forests, a five-year programme designed to accelerate country capabilities in forest monitoring...
Improving reporting on forest degradation emissions
03/05/2023
3 May 2023, Rome – Forest degradation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it is difficult to measure and countries need technical support to report these emissions,...
Can AI help end deforestation?
21/04/2023
By Julian Fox and Anssi Pekkarinen, Senior Forestry Officers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
21 APR 2023, Rome - From hoovering kitchens and driving cars to reading and writing,...
FAO hands over IT equipment to support Samoa’s National Forestry Monitoring System
30/03/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has handed over six laptops, six monitors, six docking stations, and other accessories to the Ministry of Natural Resources and...
SEPAL online course draws global audience to advance capacities for forest and land monitoring
02/03/2023
The National Forest Monitoring (NFM) team is proud to announce that in just two weeks, the online facilitated course, Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Action – SEPAL is at maximum capacity...
Quality data leveraging Emission Reduction payments: Ghana’s zero deforestation cocoa
26/01/2023
Ghana has received its first Emission Reduction payment from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund, a World Bank funding mechanism. In January 2023, the country received USD 4,862,280 for emission...